
Agno
Lightweight Python framework for building agents with memory, knowledge, and tool-use, formerly Phidata.
Agno is a lightweight Python framework for building agents with memory, knowledge, and tool-use, formerly Phidata. Agno is a lightweight Python framework for building AI agents with memory, knowledge, and tool-use capabilities.
About Agno
Agno is a lightweight Python framework for building AI agents with memory, knowledge, and tool-use, formerly known as Phidata.
It's open source on GitHub and supports multiple LLM providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini, so you're not locked to one model. You bring your own key.
It fits Python developers who want to build agents in code across several model providers. The limits are clear: it's Python-only, so developers working in other languages can't use it, and the freemium tier may cap usage volume or advanced features.
Among agent frameworks, Agno sits at the lightweight, code-first, multi-provider end rather than being a hosted no-code builder.
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What it does well
- Agno is a lightweight Python framework for building AI agents with memory, knowledge, and tool-use capabilities.
- The framework was formerly known as Phidata before being renamed to Agno.
- It is open-source software distributed on GitHub.
- Agno supports multiple LLM providers including OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini.
Where it falls short
- As a Python-only framework, it is not usable by developers working in other programming languages.
- The freemium pricing tier may impose limits on usage volume or advanced features.
Tagged
- Bring Your Own Key
- Supports Claude
- Supports GPT
- CLI
- MCP Support
- Agentic Mode
- Freemium
- Open Source
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- 03Freemium →n8n
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- 04Freemium →CrewAI
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- 05Freemium →Skyvern
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- 06Free →Stagehand
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Related reading
- How to Build an MVP with AI
You don't start by building. You start by finding the one assumption that would kill the idea, then build the smallest thing that tests it. Here's the full idea-to-deployed workflow from a live AI build session: research the market with ChatGPT, pick a segment on unit economics, have AI write the PRD, then vibe-code and ship with Claude Code — in a couple of hours, not a quarter.
Read guide → - What Is an AI Agent Harness? The Runtime That Turns an LLM Into an Agent
A harness is the runtime wrapper that turns a bare language model into an agent — the layer that runs tools, holds memory, assembles context, and enforces limits. The model does the reasoning; the harness does everything the model can't do on its own. It's the part that decides whether you shipped a chatbot or a real agent — and it's why the same model feels brilliant in one tool and useless in another.
Read guide → - Claude Code Memory
Claude Code has built-in memory — a CLAUDE.md file it reads each session — but it only holds short, hand-written notes. To make it understand a large codebase or docs set, you add a second brain: turn the repo into a knowledge graph, fold that into an Obsidian vault, and let the agent query the map instead of re-reading every file.
Read guide →
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</a>Frequently asked questions
- What is Agno?
- Agno is a lightweight Python framework for building agents with memory, knowledge, and tool-use, formerly Phidata.
- Is Agno free?
- Agno offers a free tier and paid plans with higher limits or premium features.
- What platforms does Agno support?
- Agno runs on mac, win, linux, cli.
- What category does Agno belong to?
- Agno is in the AI Agents (non-coding) category — Autonomous agents for research, customer support, sales, scheduling, and other non-coding tasks.
- What are the downsides of Agno?
- As a Python-only framework, it is not usable by developers working in other programming languages. The freemium pricing tier may impose limits on usage volume or advanced features.