Updated April 29, 2026
Agno (formerly Phidata) is an open-source Python framework for building production-grade AI agents and multi-agent systems. 39K+ GitHub stars, 23+ LLM providers supported, 100+ pre-built tool integrations, MCP-compatible. Includes AgentOS — a stateless FastAPI runtime — and a control plane UI for monitoring.
Instructor is a popular open-source library for getting structured outputs from LLMs using Pydantic models.
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Agno has emerged as one of the fastest-growing AI agent frameworks in 2026 — 39,100+ stars and a 424-contributor community.
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