# OpenBMB/BMTools

Tool Learning for Big Models, Open-Source Solutions of ChatGPT-Plugins

Repository: https://github.com/OpenBMB/BMTools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bmtools
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-12-05T05:25:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 30/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 89
- inputs: {"age_days": 1251, "days_push": 1002, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2771, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.946180+00:00)

## What it is
BMTools is an open-source Python library that extends large language models with external tools, letting developers build plugins by writing simple Python functions and reuse ChatGPT-Plugins. It serves as a community platform for building and sharing tool-augmented LLM solutions, inspired by LangChain.

## Use cases
- build custom plugins for large language models in python
- use existing chatgpt plugins with open-source models
- let an llm call external tools like search or maps
- host local tool servers for language model agents
- reproduce chatgpt-plugins functionality open source
- train and evaluate tool learning for big models

## When to choose
- you want an open-source alternative to ChatGPT-Plugins for tool-augmented LLMs
- you need to expose Python functions as tools callable by language models
- you want to experiment with tool learning research like ToolBench or Auto-GPT style agents

## When to avoid
- you need actively developed features - the project directs new work to XAgent
- you want a production-grade agent framework with long-term support
- you need non-Python tool integration

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: agent-framework, llm-inference, plugin-system, sdk
- domain: large-language-models, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: tool-learning, chatgpt-plugins, llm-tools, open-source-plugins, tool-use, ai-agents, natural-language-processing

## Member repositories
- OpenBMB/BMTools (main) score 30

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.946180+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:16:38.670333+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OpenBMB/BMTools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.946180+00:00, sha 35f81550ca90)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.