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Alternatives to OpenAgents

7 Orchestration tools you could use instead. Each one shares a way to connect with OpenAgents and overlaps on what it does. Strongest match first.

OpenAgentsAPI · CLI

Alternatives · 7

  1. fast-agent

    CLI · API · MCP

    Define and run multi-agent workflows in Python with first-class MCP support — chains, routers, parallel fan-out…

    Verifiedby evalstate · Orchestration · 3 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer CLI and API. In common: a2a protocol, multi-agent.

  2. Spring AI Alibaba

    API · MCP

    Builds agentic, workflow and multi-agent applications in Java and Spring Boot on a graph runtime for stateful agents…

    VerifiedOfficialby Alibaba · Orchestration, Code & DevTools · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer API. In common: a2a protocol, multi-agent.

  3. Ekko Studio

    CLI · MCP

    Runs Hermes Agent, its own Ekko Agent, and 14 coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex in one local-first desktop or…

    Verifiedby EKKOLearnAI · Orchestration, Productivity & Work Management · 5 skills · Bearer Token

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: multi-agent workspace, desktop.

  4. A2A Protocol

    API

    Defines the Agent2Agent interoperability protocol and SDKs so agents built on different frameworks discover each other…

    Verifiedby A2A Project (Linux Foundation) · Orchestration, Infrastructure & Ops · 3 skills · OAuth 2.0

    Why Both offer API. In common: delegation, protocol, multi-agent.

  5. IntentKit

    API

    Runs a self-hosted cluster of collaborating AI agents that chat on Telegram, Slack, and Lark, act on schedules, and…

    Verifiedby Crestal Network · Autonomous Agents, Orchestration · 4 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer API. In common: collaboration, multi-agent.

  6. Herdr

    CLI

    Runs and manages multiple coding agents side by side in the terminal — an agent multiplexer to launch, monitor, and…

    Verifiedby Oğulcan Çelik · Orchestration · 3 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: workspace, multi-agent.

  7. Eigent

    CLI · API

    Runs a local multi-agent desktop workforce that splits tasks across specialized workers with browser, terminal, and…

    Verifiedby Eigent AI · Orchestration, Browser & Computer Use · 3 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer CLI and API. In common: desktop, multi-agent.