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The Stack · Comparison

LlamaIndex vs OpenAI Agents SDK

A side-by-side of two agent frameworks for building AI agents — live GitHub data, languages, and what each is best at.

LlamaIndexOpenAI Agents SDK
GitHub stars★ 51k★ 28k
LanguagePythonPython
CategoryAgent frameworksAgent frameworks
Best forRAGminimal orchestration
Repositoryrun-llama/llama_indexopenai/openai-agents-python

The short verdict

LlamaIndex and OpenAI Agents SDK are both credible choices. By community traction, LlamaIndex leads (★ 51k). Pick LlamaIndex for RAG; pick OpenAI Agents SDK for minimal orchestration.

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