Agency Swarm
https://github.com/VRSEN/agency-swarm
Multi-agent orchestration framework — 'agencies' of agents with defined communication flows; v1.x is rebuilt on the OpenAI Agents SDK (originally built on the Assistants API).
Active · Verified 2026-10-26 · fresh as of 2026-10-26 · 21 cited facts, 1 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- OpenAI-Assistants-based multi-agent repo fix
- Tier
- T3
- Latest release
- v1.11.0 (2026-08-03) registry fix
- Pricing
- free (OSS) repo fix
- Funding
- searched not found fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-26 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- open-source repo fix
- Protocols
- mcp-client vendor fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 5.4 (12-mo avg 7.54) · 16 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
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Pros & cons
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Claims & capabilities
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Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Deployment
- Self-hosted only — library
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- searched not found
- MCP
- yes — official MCP client support (MCP servers incl. per-user OAuth via MCPServerOAuth, v1.11.0)
- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (20 cited facts, 1 third-party)
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- What it is OpenAI-Assistants-based multi-agent repo
- What it does & what's distinct Multi-agent orchestration framework — 'agencies' of agents with defined communication fl… repo
- Created 2023 repo
- Latest release v1.11.0 (2026-08-03) registry
- License MIT repo
- GitHub VRSEN/agency-swarm — ~4.6k stars, last commit 2026-08 repo
- Pricing free (OSS) repo
- Deployment Self-hosted only — library registry
- Founders / pedigree Arsenii (VRSEN) Mordvinov; founded 2024; AI agency / influencer-led OSS framework. repo
- MCP support yes — official MCP client support (MCP servers incl. per-user OAuth via MCPServerOAuth, … repo
- Runtimes Python repo
- commit-trajectory [{"ym":"2025-09","cum":1536},{"ym":"2025-10","cum":1671},{"ym":"2025-11","cum":1767},{"y… repo
- download-trajectory [{"ym":"2025-11","monthly":3782,"cum":3782},{"ym":"2025-12","monthly":7552,"cum":11334},… registry
- architecture-deployment-locus local repo
- licensing-bucket open-source repo
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":52.29,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":7.54,"openrank_current":5.4,"partici… third-party
- sdk-languages python repo
- protocol-support mcp-client vendor
What changed
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- 2026-10-26
- Latest release first recorded as “v1.11.0 (2026-08-03)” source
- Pricing first recorded as “free (OSS)” source
- Deployment first recorded as “Self-hosted only — library” source
- MCP support first recorded as “yes — official MCP client support (MCP servers incl. per-user OAuth via MCPServerOAuth, v1.11.0)” source
Related systems
Referenced by (1)
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search integrates with — MongoDB's Atlas AI Integrations page lists Agency Swarm as an integration (some entries are marked community-maintained). (verified 2026-10-29)