openai/swarm
Educational framework exploring ergonomic, lightweight multi-agent orchestration. Managed by OpenAI Solution team. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
60/100
- Activity 77
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 65
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 923
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 140
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
21925 stars · 2327 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Swarm is an experimental, educational Python framework from OpenAI for lightweight multi-agent orchestration, built on the Chat Completions API with two primitives: Agents and handoffs. It is now deprecated in favor of the production-ready OpenAI Agents SDK and is no longer recommended for production use.
Use cases
- orchestrate multiple LLM agents that hand off conversations to each other
- learn how multi-agent coordination patterns work
- build lightweight stateless agent workflows on the Chat Completions API
- prototype agent networks with custom tools and instructions
- experiment with routing user requests between specialized agents
When to choose
- you want to study or teach multi-agent orchestration concepts
- you need a minimal, client-side, stateless agent framework to experiment with
- you are exploring patterns before adopting the OpenAI Agents SDK
When to avoid
- you are building a production system - use the OpenAI Agents SDK instead
- you need hosted threads, memory management, or retrieval via the Assistants API
- you expect ongoing maintenance, updates, or support
Facets
framework · maturity abandoned
agent-framework llm-inference chatbot artificial-intelligence large-language-models developer-tools python cross-platform multi-agent-orchestration openai educational deprecated handoffs chat-completions ai-agents
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/openai/swarm · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0522d77d58f4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| openai/swarm | main | 60 |
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