# ag2

> AG2 (formerly AutoGen): The Open-Source AgentOS.Join us at: https://discord.gg/sNGSwQME3x

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/ag2
- **Author**: ag2ai
- **Category**: MCP Servers
- **Latest version**: `v0.13.3` (2026-06-05)
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Source**: https://github.com/ag2ai/ag2
- **Homepage**: https://ag2.ai
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 4,431 stars, 591 forks
- **Registry**: github
- **Tags**: `a2a`, `ag2`, `agent-framework`, `agentic`, `agentic-ai`, `ai`, `ai-agents-framework`, `aiagents`, `python`

## Description

AG2 (formerly AutoGen): The Open-Source AgentOS.Join us at: https://discord.gg/sNGSwQME3x

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `v0.13.3` | 2026-06-05 | High | ## Highlights  ### 🛣️ Continuing the Path to v1.0  v0.13.3 brings a major Beta milestone — the **cross-process Network** — plus a new **`background_agent_tool`**, a **Sandbox protocol**, and evaluation improvements.  📍 [Release Roadmap](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/)  ---  ## 🔬 Beta Framework (`autogen.beta`)  ### 🌐 Cross-Process Network  The Network introduced in v0.13.0 ran in-process. v0.13.3 extends it across process boundaries — agents living |
| `v0.13.2` | 2026-05-29 | High | ## Highlights  ### 🛣️ Continuing the Path to v1.0  v0.13.2 brings Agent Evaluations in Beta! Also, two new V2 LLM clients in Classic, and a security fix.  📍 [Release Roadmap](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/)  ---  ## 🔬 Beta Framework (`autogen.beta`)  ### Agent Evaluations  - 🧪 **Agent Evaluations** – New evaluation framework for grading agent outputs (`autogen.beta.eval`). 🎮 **Try it live in the [AG2 Playground](https://playground.ag2.ai/)** 📔 * |
| `v0.13.1` | 2026-05-23 | High | ## Highlights  ### 🛣️ Continuing the Path to v1.0  v0.13.1 spans both the **Beta** and **Classic** frameworks.  📍 [Release Roadmap to v1.0](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/)  ---  ## 🔬 Beta Framework  ### Dynamic Agents  - 🏭 **Dynamic Tool Factory** – Agents can now create an agent dynamically through their tooling.  ### AG-UI  - 🧠 **Reasoning Messages** – AG-UI now supports reasoning messages in both directions. - 🎨 **Multimodal User Content** |
| `v0.13.0` | 2026-05-13 | High | ## Highlights  ### 🛣️ The Path to v1.0 — A Major Step  v0.13.0 is a **significant release** for our journey to V1.0. It introduces a brand-new **Multi-Agent Network** runtime and **LiveAgent** for full-duplex realtime voice. Plus, **A2A v1.0** and **MCP** now in Beta to complete the connectivity story.  📍 [Release Roadmap](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/)  ### 🌐 Network — Multi-Agent Runtime (NEW)  Other frameworks treat an agent or a graph as the primiti |
| `v0.12.3` | 2026-05-06 | High | ## Highlights  v0.12.3 brings **A2A v1.0 compatibility**, sandboxed code execution in Beta, and a refreshed search story.  📍 [Release Roadmap](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/) · 📔 [V1.0 Contribution Policy](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/beta/contribution_policy/)  ### 🤝 A2A v1.0 Compatibility  - 🔗 **A2A v1.0 Spec Compatibility** – AG2 now aligns with the v1.0 Agent2Agent protocol specification, ensuring interoperability with the broader A2A ecosystem. |
| `v0.12.2` | 2026-05-01 | High | ### 🛣️ Continuing the Path to v1.0  v0.12.2 lands the **Agent Harness** in Beta — the architecture that makes agents stateful by design.  📍 [Release Roadmap](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/) 🧩 [AG2 Playground](https://playground.ag2.ai)  ### 🏗️ The Agent Harness — Stateful Agents, by Design  A plain LLM loop is stateless and forgets the moment a conversation ends. The Harness turns it into a stateful agent that **remembers across sessions, manages its own |
| `v0.12.1` | 2026-04-24 | High | ## Highlights  ### BREAKING - **Docker Moved to Extra**  - The `docker` package, used for code execution with Docker, is now an optional dependency. please install with `ag2[docker]`.   ### 🛣️ Continuing the Path to v1.0  v0.12.1 builds on the v0.12.0 foundation with new tools, Google Vertex AI support, bug fixes, and **community feedback** on the [roadmap](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/).  ### 👥 Community Feedback in Action  - ✅ **`PerplexitySearchTool |
| `v0.12.0` | 2026-04-17 | High | ## Highlights  ### 🛣️ AG2 v0.12.0 – The Path to v1.0 Begins  This release kicks off **the journey to AG2 v1.0**. Over the next few minor versions (v0.12 → v0.13 → v0.14 → v1.0), the beta framework (`autogen.beta`) will mature and, at v1.0, become the official version of AG2. The current framework continues to be fully supported throughout this transition.  📍 **Check out the full [Release Roadmap](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/release-roadmap/)** to see what's coming.  ### |
| `v0.11.5` | 2026-04-04 | High | ## Highlights  ### 🎉 Major Features  - 🖥️ **AG2 CLI** – New command-line interface for AG2! A full-featured CLI for building, running, testing, and deploying multi-agent applications with AG2. [Check out the docs](https://docs.ag2.ai/latest/docs/user-guide/cli/)! - 🖥️ **A2UIAgent** – New reference agent combining A2A and [A2UI](https://a2ui.org/) protocols for building dynamic, agent-driven, frontends. Compatible with [A2UI](https://a2ui.org/)'s latest v0.9 protocol version. [Check out t |
| `v0.11.4` | 2026-03-17 | Low | ## Highlights  ### 🔒 Security Hardening  This release includes several important security fixes contributed by @amabito:  - **Shell Command Injection** – `ShellExecutor` now uses `shell=False` with `shlex.split` to prevent command injection. - **Path Traversal Prevention** – MCP resource URIs and file operations now validate against path traversal attacks. - **Sensitive Key Redaction** – `FileLogger` output now redacts sensitive keys to prevent credential leakage.  ### AG2 Beta Improv |

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