Head to head · Agent frameworks · October 2026 research run
AgentOS vs Agno
AgentOS scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Agno's 72.8 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Agno leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do agent frameworks.
Which one, for what
AgentOS BB
Good for TypeScript teams that want long-term memory, personas, voice and channel adapters and multi-agent teams in one package, and that will pin versions.
Ahead on
- Security & auth, 81 against 64
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 50
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
Watch for
Version 0.12.12, with 27 releases on 7 and 8 October 2026 and breaking minors 0.11.0 and 0.12.0 on the same day
Agno BB
Good for Python teams that want agents, teams and workflows plus a self-hosted server with REST, MCP, approvals and scheduling in one package.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 83 against 77
- Transparency & trust, 83 against 64
Watch for
Usage telemetry is on by default and sends session, run and agent identifiers unhashed. Prompts and outputs are not sent
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | AgentOS | Agno | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 77 | 83 | Agno +6 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 92 | 90 | AgentOS +2 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 74 | 76 | Agno +2 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 81 | 64 | AgentOS +17 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 50 | AgentOS +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 87 | 86 | AgentOS +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 64 | 83 | Agno +19 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -3 | |
| Total | 75.3 · BB | 72.8 · BB |
Facts side by side
| Fact | AgentOS | Agno |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Agent framework | Agent framework |
| Vendor | Framers Lab, Inc. | Agno Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-11-06 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-11-06 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 677 stars, 5.3k npm/wk | 43k stars, 476k PyPI/wk |
Verdicts
AgentOS
A TypeScript agent framework with typed tools, six multi-agent strategies, checkpointed graphs, approval gates and no telemetry of its own. It is at 0.12.12 after 98 releases in 90 days, two of them breaking on 7 October 2026. No MCP client was found in the package, and code tools an agent writes run in an in-process node:vm context.
Agno
An Apache 2.0 Python agent framework at 3.1.1 with an MCP client, tool confirmation and admin approvals, a durable job queue and 25 stable releases in 90 days. Usage telemetry is on by default with unhashed identifiers, and three high or critical advisories were published against it in the last 12 months, all fixed.
Before you call either
AgentOS
- Pin an exact version of @framers/agentos. Feature commits ship as patch releases while it is 0.x, and breaking changes ship as minors
- Leave emergentConfig.allowSandboxTools off unless forged code runs through an executor that isolates. The default executor shares the host process
- Pass your own ICheckpointStore to compile() for runs that must survive a restart. The default store is in memory
- Set hitl.approvals.beforeTool for tools that write, and choose a handler. No approval gate is on by default
- Use Node 22 or newer, and set a provider key such as OPENAI_API_KEY or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. The provider is detected from the environment
Agno
- Set AGNO_TELEMETRY=false before the first run, and pass telemetry=False to AgentOS and to each eval, which ignore the variable
- Configure JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY with AgentOS authorisation switched on, or OS_SECURITY_KEY, before exposing AgentOS. With neither set, REST and MCP routes take no credential
- Mark tools that write with requires_confirmation, and resume with continue_run once every requirement is resolved
- Set tool_call_limit on agents. The default is None
- Install extras for what you use, such as agno[mcp] for MCPTools and agno[os,mcp] for AgentOS with its MCP server
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, AgentOS or Agno?
AgentOS scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Agno's 72.8 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Agno leads on reliability and transparency & trust.
Are AgentOS and Agno open source?
Yes. AgentOS is open source (Apache-2.0). Agno is open source (Apache-2.0).
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Machine-readable
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/api/v1/tools/agentos.json·/api/v1/tools/agno.json - From a terminal
anchor compare agentos agno(the CLI) - Over MCP
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