# Agno review

> Agno is a Python framework and runtime for building agents, running them as a service, and managing the platform through a web UI.

Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Canonical page: https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/agno/

## TL;DR

Agno is a Python framework and runtime for agent platforms. It is for companies that want to run agents as a service while keeping control of their data, memory, and security. Agno provides an SDK, the AgentOS runtime with a REST API and MCP server, and a control plane UI. It can also run agents built with the Claude Agent SDK or Codex SDK.

## Agno at a glance

- **Category:** [Agent frameworks](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/agent-frameworks/)
- **Maintained by:** Agno (organization, [@agno-agi](https://github.com/agno-agi) on GitHub)
- **License:** Apache 2.0
- **Language:** Python, HTML, Shell
- **Repository:** [github.com/agno-agi/agno](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno)
- **Website:** [docs.agno.com](https://docs.agno.com)
- **PyPI package:** [agno](https://pypi.org/project/agno/) 3.1.8
- **Latest release:** [v3.1.8](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/releases/tag/v3.1.8) on GitHub, Oct 21, 2026
- **First published:** May 4, 2022

## What Agno does

- Agno serves agents through a production API with 50+ endpoints, SSE, and websockets.
- Agno stores sessions, memory, knowledge, and traces in your own database.
- Agno connects agents to GitHub, Slack, Postgres, and other services through 100+ pre-built toolkits.
- Agno can pause runs for user confirmation and block tools that require admin approval.
- Agno exposes agents via Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, AG-UI, and A2A interfaces.
- Agno provides OpenTelemetry tracing, run history, audit logs, and JWT-based RBAC with multi-tenant isolation.
- Agno offers cron-based scheduling and background jobs with no external infrastructure.

### How it works

You build agents with the Agno SDK, Claude Agent SDK, or Codex SDK. You run them with the AgentOS runtime and manage them in the AgentOS UI. The starter template runs locally using Docker. It provides a REST API, a Postgres database for data and traces, an MCP server, and a control plane. You can deploy to any cloud platform that runs containers.

## How to install Agno

**From PyPI**

```
pip install agno
```

### Requirements

- Python >=3.9 and <4
- Docker to run the starter agent platform locally

### First steps

1. Give your coding agent the starter prompt to clone the agentos-railway template into a folder called agent-platform.
2. Swap in a different template repo, such as agentos-docker or agentos-aws, to deploy somewhere else.
3. If you prefer to code by hand, follow the docs guide to build a first agent in 20 lines of code.
4. Add docs.agno.com/mcp as an MCP server in your coding agent to give it access to the Agno docs.

## Who Agno is for

- Teams that want to run agents as a service behind a REST API and MCP server
- Companies building products on top of coding agents, knowledge agents, or MCP servers
- Developers who want to keep agent data, memory, and security under their own control

### Limitations

- Agno sends a telemetry event per agent run by default. Set AGNO_TELEMETRY=false to disable it.
- The recommended setup flow assumes you use a coding agent such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
- Deployment targets must be platforms that run containers.

## Usage data (the week of Oct 25–31, 2026)

- Board rank: #254 overall, #23 in Agent frameworks, momentum score 37
- Downloads that week: 514.9k (+4% vs 4-week average)
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 109; Aug 16: 128; Aug 23: 151; Aug 30: 122; Sep 6: 97; Sep 13: 118; Sep 20: 110; Sep 27: 210; Oct 4: 140; Oct 11: 146; Oct 18: 120; Oct 25: 133

## Agno alternatives

| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | [Harness²](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/google-research-harness2/) | 21.7k | – |
| #2 | [HyperFrames](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/heygen-com-hyperframes/) | 76.6k | 1.5M |
| #3 | [AgentScope](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/agentscope-ai-agentscope/) | 35k | 51.4k |
| #4 | [AG-UI](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/ag-ui/) | 16.9k | 4.6M |
| #5 | [LangGraph](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/langgraph/) | 44.2k | 18.5M |
| #6 | [Bifrost](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/maximhq-bifrost/) | 9.3k | – |

## Agno FAQ

### Is Agno free and open source?

Yes. Agno's source code is on GitHub (agno-agi/agno) under the Apache 2.0 license, so you can use it for free.

### How do I install Agno?

Run `pip install agno`. The agno package needs Python 3.9 or newer, below 4.

### Is Agno still maintained?

Yes. The agno-agi/agno repository was last updated on Oct 21, 2026, and the latest release, v3.1.8 on GitHub, came out on Oct 21, 2026.

### How popular is Agno?

Agno has 43k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 133 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 132 a week. Its main package had 514.9k downloads that week, +4% against its own 4-week average. That made it #23 among AI agent frameworks on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### Agno vs LangGraph: how do they compare?

Agno and LangGraph are both tracked by Devtoolwatch as AI agent frameworks. Agno has 43k GitHub stars and LangGraph has 44.2k. In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Agno's main package had 514.9k downloads and LangGraph's had 18.5M. LangGraph is a low-level orchestration framework and runtime for building, managing, and deploying long-running, stateful agents in Python or JavaScript. [LangGraph review](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/langgraph/)

### Agno vs LangChain: how do they compare?

Agno and LangChain are both tracked by Devtoolwatch as AI agent frameworks. Agno has 43k GitHub stars and LangChain has 148.8k. In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Agno's main package had 514.9k downloads and LangChain's had 41.1M. [LangChain review](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/langchain/)

### What are the best alternatives to Agno?

Other AI agent frameworks on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: Harness² (#1), HyperFrames (#2), AgentScope (#3), AG-UI (#4), LangGraph (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

### What is Agno?

Agno is a framework and runtime for agent platforms. You build agents with the Agno SDK, run them as a service with the AgentOS runtime, and manage everything in the AgentOS UI.

### Can Agno run agents built with other SDKs?

Yes. Agno can run agents built with the Agno SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Codex SDK, or another supported framework. Agno provides the orchestration and service layer around them.

### Does Agno collect telemetry?

Yes. Agno sends one telemetry event per agent run to learn which model providers to prioritize. Prompts, messages, and outputs are never sent. You can disable it by setting AGNO_TELEMETRY=false.

### Where can Agno be deployed?

Agno runs on any cloud platform that runs containers. Starter templates exist for Docker, Railway, AWS, GCP, Azure, Fly, Render, Modal, and Helm.

### Can Agno run Claude or Codex agents in a sandbox?

Yes. Since v3.1.4, ClaudeAgent and CodexAgent take a sandbox= parameter. The harness then runs inside an isolated per-session computer instead of on the host.

## Sources

1. [agno-agi/agno on GitHub](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno)
2. [Agno README](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/README.md)
3. [agno on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/agno/)
4. [Agno website](https://docs.agno.com)
5. [Release v3.1.8 (Oct 21, 2026)](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/releases/tag/v3.1.8)
6. [Release v3.1.7 (Oct 20, 2026)](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/releases/tag/v3.1.7)
7. [Release v3.1.6 (Oct 19, 2026)](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/releases/tag/v3.1.6)
8. [Hacker News: Show HN: Agno – A full-stack framework for building Multi-Agent Systems](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44155074)
9. [Hacker News: Agno: Agent framework 10,000x faster than LangChain](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43274435)
10. [Hacker News: Agno Agents startup 5000x faster than Langgraph, use 50x less memory](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42880415)
11. [Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/)