Agenta

A team workspace where you build AI agents by chatting, run them on schedules or app events, and reach them from Slack, Telegram or WhatsApp.

4.9k stars, 726 forks TypeScript On GitHub since April 2023

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Agenta at a glance

Open sourceYes, MITSome paid parts in the repository
Health70 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDocker, Helm chartHelm chart in the repository
InterfaceEnglish onlyNo translation files found
Release rhythmAlmost dailyLatest: v0.128.10, 7 November 2026

What is Agenta?

Agenta lets a team describe a job in conversation, connect the apps it needs and correct the agent until it does the work well. Agents keep memory, write their own skills and get a sandboxed browser and file system per session. Automations start them on a schedule or when something happens in a connected app, and every run is traced with its cost. Connections go through MCP or through Composio, which the README says covers more than 1,000 apps. Models can be hosted APIs, an existing Claude or ChatGPT subscription, or local ones via Ollama.

Good fit if

  • Non-engineers on your team should be able to set up agents for support, sales, HR or finance chores.
  • You want recurring work handled by agents that decide the steps themselves, with per-agent permissions and an audit trail.
  • People already work in Slack, Telegram or WhatsApp Business and should talk to agents there.

Look elsewhere if

  • Your processes are predictable and you would rather draw each step in a visual flow: n8n or Activepieces.
  • You need an agent that writes code for you; the README says Agenta is not built for that.

Before you adopt it

Code outside the ee folders is MIT, while those folders, including the enterprise Docker Compose and Kubernetes setups, carry a separate license tied to paid features. Agenta asks contributors to sign a CLA. The company Agentatech runs the project, and in the last 90 days two people wrote all of the commits. It runs with Docker, and a Helm chart is included for Kubernetes; Agenta Cloud is the hosted option.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 7 November 2026. Report a correction

How to run Agenta yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: agenta.ai or the README on GitHub.

Agenta health: is it still maintained?

70 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmAlmost dailyLatest: v0.128.10, 7 November 2026
Issue repliesNot measuredToo few recent issues from outside the team
Bus factorMedium riskThe most active of 2 authors wrote 54% of recent commits
  • Activity
    9,819 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 7 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    2 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 54% of them.
    6 / 20
  • Releases
    15+ releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v0.128.10, on 7 November 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 7 November 2026. How the score works

Agenta license: is it open source?

Agenta uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Some features sit under a separate paid license inside the same repository. Contributors sign a contributor license agreement, which lets the owner relicense their work later.

  1. April 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT, with paid parts: license file assigns a different licence to part of the code; directory api/ee/; directory ee/; directory hosting/docker-compose/ee/; directory hosting/kubernetes/ee/. A contributor license agreement is required.

Agenta for developers

Written in

  • TypeScript 57%
  • Python 39%
  • JavaScript 2%
  • MDX <1%
  • Shell <1%
  • Other <1%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues187On GitHub
Authors, 90 days2Of the latest 100 commits

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about Agenta

Is Agenta open source?

Yes. Agenta is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license. Some features are kept under a separate paid license in the same repository.

Is Agenta still maintained?

Its health score is 70 of 100 (actively developed). It had 9,819 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 7 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 7 November 2026.

How do I run Agenta?

You can run it with Docker, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Agenta written in?

Agenta is written mainly in TypeScript (57% of the code), with Python (39%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What are the alternatives to Agenta?

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