A agentindex
Comparison

Agno vs Smolagents

A like-for-like, spec-level comparison. Both entries are verified against their docs and repo.

Agno

A high-performance multi-agent framework and runtime (formerly Phidata).

  • + Built-in runtime, tracing, and management UI
  • + Strong on multi-modal, memory-heavy agents
  • − Broad surface area to learn
  • − Fast-moving after the Phidata rebrand

Smolagents

Hugging Face's minimalist code-writing agents.

  • + Minimal and easy to reason about
  • + Code-as-action avoids JSON tool schemas
  • − Less orchestration than LangGraph
  • − Executing agent code needs sandboxing
Spec Agno Smolagents
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library, multi-agent, persona-solo-builder, persona-platform-engineer agent-framework, library, code-acting, persona-solo-builder, persona-platform-engineer
License Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0
Open source Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes
MCP support Yes Yes
Pricing free free
Price Free Free
Usage cost BYOK BYOK
Models claude, gpt, gemini, byok claude, gpt, gemini, local, byok
Languages python python
GitHub stars 41.0k 28.2k
Last activity 2026-07-03 2026-06-23