Agent Development Kit (ADK) vs AstrBot

Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools

Short answer

  • AstrBot is growing faster: +570 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +30 for Agent Development Kit (ADK).
  • Pick Agent Development Kit (ADK) for: an open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents. Pick AstrBot for: open-source agent chatbot platform for building AI applications in instant messaging workflows.

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An open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.

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Open-source agent chatbot platform for building AI applications in instant messaging workflows

Metrics

Agent Development Kit (ADK)AstrBot
Stars21.7k41.3k
Star velocity /mo30570
Commits (90d)1.4k393
Releases (6m)1010
Overall score0.71416918856222030.8216605941243558

FAQ

Which is more popular, Agent Development Kit (ADK) or AstrBot?
AstrBot has more GitHub stars (41,298 vs 21,690).
Which is more actively developed, Agent Development Kit (ADK) or AstrBot?
Agent Development Kit (ADK) had more commits in the last 90 days (1,360 vs 393).
Should I use Agent Development Kit (ADK) or AstrBot?
Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.