Genkit

Google Firebase's open-source framework for building AI-powered applications, with libraries for Node.js and Go (Go in alpha).

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At a glance

Type: Framework repo fix
Tier: T3
Section: Agent frameworks (no first-party memory layer)
Created: 2024-04-29 repo fix
Latest release: last commit 2026-10-23 repo fix
License: Apache-2.0 repo fix
GitHub: https://github.com/firebase/genkit (6549★) repo fix
Pricing: searched not found fix
Funding: searched not found fix
Freshness: 2026-10-26 fix
Layer: agent-infra repo fix
Licensing: open-source repo fix
Deployment locus: local repo fix
Platform vs product: platform repo fix
Maturity: ga repo fix
SDK languages: go, python, typescript repo fix
Protocols: mcp-client, mcp-server vendor fix
Developer activity: OpenRank 41.42 (12-mo avg 55.99) — 2026-02 third-party fix
Maintainer health: 30 issues in 90 days, 47% answered or closed · 68 releases in 12 months (latest 2026-10-21) · bus factor 5 — as of 2026-10-31 repo

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Open-source framework for building agentic apps in JavaScript, Go, Dart, and Python, built and used in production by Google

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LangChain (framework) T1
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Vercel AI SDK T1
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LlamaIndex (framework) T1
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OpenAI Agents SDK T1
OpenAI's official Python framework for agents — handoffs, guardrails, tracing built in. Successor to OpenAI Swarm (experimental); officially supported.
LangGraph (orchestration) T1
LangChain's stateful graph runtime for agents — explicit state, persistence, time-travel debugging, human-in-the-loop. Memory is one persistence target (LangGraph Persistence cross-listed).

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Auth0 for AI Agents integrates with — Auth0 for AI Agents docs have a Genkit SDK page. (verified 2026-10-29)
Braintrust integrates with — Braintrust docs have a Genkit integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
LanceDB integrates with — LanceDB's docs have a Genkit integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
Neo4j integrates with — Neo4j's GenAI ecosystem docs have a Genkit integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
Pinecone integrates with — Pinecone's integrations directory has a Genkit integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
Pydantic Logfire integrates with — Pydantic Logfire integrations docs have a Genkit (Go) page. (verified 2026-10-29)
Qdrant integrates with — Qdrant's documentation has a Genkit integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)