OpenAI Agents SDK

Rank 05 in Agent frameworks & automation · Last updated

Lightweight Python agent framework: handoffs, guardrails, sessions, tracing, sandbox and voice agents.

Numptr says8.0/10

Few moving parts, proper tracing. Python folk will feel at home.

Light to learn, with guardrails and handoffs built in. You still foot the model bill.

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Best for
Python multi-agent apps on OpenAI models (others supported)
Free tier
Open source (MIT), free
Pricing
Free (you pay your model provider)
Pricing source
https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/ (checked 2026-10-14)
Official site
https://openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/
Affiliate / referral programme
none found. Affiliate status does not affect rank.

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