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SmolAgents

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Overview

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Bottom Line Up Front

smolagents is an open-source Python library focused on simplifying AI agent development with minimal code. It supports both code-executing and tool-calling agents, offering model, modality, and tool agnosticism. The framework integrates seamlessly with the Hugging Face Hub for sharing and loading agents.

Best For

Rapidly developing and deploying simple, composable AI agents with code execution and diverse tools.

Avoid If

Requiring deeply custom agent internal architectures or complex, high-performance stateful orchestration.

Strengths

  • +Extremely simple to use with minimal code and abstractions.
  • +Native support for Code Agents executing Python code for complex, composable actions.
  • +Supports secure code execution in sandboxed environments (Modal, Blaxel, E2B, Docker).
  • +Includes support for traditional JSON/text-based tool-calling agents.
  • +Seamlessly integrates with Hugging Face Hub for sharing and loading agents/tools.
  • +Highly model-agnostic, supporting diverse LLMs via Hub, APIs, or local execution.
  • +Supports multimodal inputs, including vision, video, and audio.
  • +Highly tool-agnostic, integrating tools from MCP servers, LangChain, or Hub Spaces.
  • +Provides CLI tools for quickly running agents without boilerplate.

Weaknesses

  • −Minimal abstractions might necessitate more manual implementation for highly custom or complex agent behaviors.

Project Health

Is this project alive, well-maintained, and safe to bet on long-term?

Stars

28,951

Open Issues

724

Last Commit

1d ago

Commit Frequency

<1x/week

Bus Factor Score

9 / 10

Maintainers

100

Latest Version

v1.26.0

Total Releases

36

Repo Age

1y 8mo

Forks

2,885

Monthly Downloads

625K

last 30 days

Versions Published

42

Known Vulnerabilities

5Highest: Critical

Dependent Repos

0

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Last updated: 24 August 2026

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