AutoGPT
https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT
The first viral autonomous agent demo (March 2023) — GPT-4 + memory + tool use + self-direction. Significant Gravitas raised $12M to commercialise the AutoGPT Platform.
Active · Verified 2026-10-31 · fresh as of 2026-10-31 · 25 cited facts, 1 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- Autonomous task agent (origin) repo fix
- Tier
- T2
- Latest release
- autogpt-platform-beta-v0.9.0 (2026-10-23) repo fix
- Funding
- $12M seed (Redpoint led, 2023) repo fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-31 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- commercial repo fix
- Protocols
- mcp-server repo fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 26.16 (12-mo avg 35.76) · 99 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
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Pros & cons
Pros
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Cons
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Claims & capabilities
OSS agent framework launched 2023-03 by Toran Bruce Richards; one of earliest viral autonomous-agent demos; now SaaS waitlist via Significant Gravitas.
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Deployment
- Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — hosted AutoGPT Platform; self-host via Docker / Compose
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
- searched not found
- MCP
- yes — official MCP integrations in AutoGPT Platform (MCP server auth, MCP 2026-07-28 spec support)
- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (24 cited facts, 1 third-party)
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- What it is Autonomous task agent (origin) repo
- What it does & what's distinct The first viral autonomous agent demo (March 2023) — GPT-4 + memory + tool use + self-di… repo
- Claims / benefits OSS agent framework launched 2023-03 by Toran Bruce Richards; one of earliest viral auto… repo
- Created 2023 repo
- Latest release autogpt-platform-beta-v0.9.0 (2026-10-23) repo
- License MIT (classic/ + other files); Polyform Shield 1.0.0 (autogpt_platform/) repo
- GitHub Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT — ~187.7k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo
- Funding $12M seed (Redpoint led, 2023) repo
- Pricing free self-host; hosted AutoGPT Platform paid with trial repo
- Deployment Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — hosted AutoGPT Platform; self-host via Docker / Com… repo
- Founders / pedigree Toran Bruce Richards (Significant Gravitas); founded 2023. repo
- Code/weights release Active — last commit 2026-05 · 184,241★ repo
- MCP support yes — official MCP integrations in AutoGPT Platform (MCP server auth, MCP 2026-07-28 spe… repo
- Runtimes Python (backend), TypeScript (frontend) repo
- commit-trajectory [{"ym":"2025-11","cum":7580},{"ym":"2025-12","cum":7680},{"ym":"2026-01","cum":7813},{"y… repo
- download-trajectory [{"ym":"2025-11","monthly":219,"cum":219},{"ym":"2025-12","monthly":342,"cum":561},{"ym"… registry
- capability-benchmark-sources gaia: 5.0% (AutoGPT4, AutoGPT, test set, leaderboard entry 2023-11-03) https://huggingfa… registry
- architecture-deployment-locus hybrid repo
- licensing-bucket commercial repo
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":515.13,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":35.76,"openrank_current":26.16,"par… third-party
- protocol-support mcp-server repo
- maturity beta repo
What changed
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- 2026-10-26
- License “MIT (open-source); some Polyform Shield (commercial)” → “MIT (classic/ + other files); Polyform Shield 1.0.0 (autogpt_platform/)” source
- Latest release first recorded as “autogpt-platform-beta-v0.9.0 (2026-10-23)” source
- Pricing first recorded as “free self-host; hosted AutoGPT Platform paid with trial” source
- Deployment first recorded as “Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — hosted AutoGPT Platform; self-host via Docker / Compose” source
- MCP support first recorded as “yes — official MCP integrations in AutoGPT Platform (MCP server auth, MCP 2026-07-28 spec support)” source