- fix bugs and some merged PRs
MetaGPT by FoundationAgents
Pulse Score
26 / 100
Rank #106 of 157
Downloads, last 7 days
855
up 2.2% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
4,341
— vs previous 30 days
GitHub stars
70.8K
about +15 a day
Latest release
0.8.2
19mo ago
Price
Free (OSS)
checked Oct 5, 2026
Overview
A multi-agent framework that assigns software-company roles such as product manager, architect and engineer to agents that collaborate on a task.
MetaGPT was downloaded 855 times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 2.2% on the week before. Its download count moved to a different level overnight on Aug 26, 2026. A jump like that comes from automated installs switching on or off or from a change in how the registry counts, so growth rates across that date are not shown. The GitHub repository has 70.8K stars, 639 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.8.2, published Mar 9, 2025.
MetaGPT usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: metagpt.csv
Install MetaGPT
| PyPI | pip install metagpt |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer.
Key facts
| Maker | FoundationAgents |
|---|---|
| Type | Multi-agent framework |
| License | MIT |
| Interfaces | Python library |
| Main language | Python |
| Open issues and PRs | 142 |
Pricing
MetaGPT is open source and free to use; you pay only for the models and infrastructure it runs on.
, checked Oct 5, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption0
Community77
Attention—
Momentum50
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
What changed: recent MetaGPT releases
- Add ut mocker for mermaid ink
- Unify Interpreter naming
- Bump ipykernel to 6.27.1
- Update role.py : Role.setactions()
- Fix action.llm.model in examples/debatesimple
- Feat mock openai embed for documentstore and memory UTs
- feat: gemini + proxy in
- fixbug: gbk UnicodeEncodeError
- Renamed interpreter, added arxiv link to Data Interpreter paper
MetaGPT alternatives
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LangChainLangChain |
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| 10 |
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| 11 |
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| 13 | 63 | 8.7M | up 0.6% | up 2.0% | — | 8,679+23/day | 1.58.0yesterday | Free (OSS) | |||
| 17 |
Claude Agent SDKAnthropic |
59 | 21.5M | up 14.6% | up 0.6% | — | 8,219+5/day | 0.2.1636d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 21 |
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MetaGPT FAQ
How much does MetaGPT cost?
MetaGPT is open source and free to use; you pay only for the models and infrastructure it runs on.
Is MetaGPT open source?
Yes. MetaGPT is open source, released under the MIT license.
How popular is MetaGPT?
MetaGPT was downloaded 855 times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 2.2% on the week before. Its download count moved to a different level overnight on Aug 26, 2026. A jump like that comes from automated installs switching on or off or from a change in how the registry counts, so growth rates across that date are not shown. The GitHub repository has 70.8K stars, 639 of them added in the last 30 days.
What is the latest version of MetaGPT?
The latest stable release we track is 0.8.2, published on Mar 9, 2025.
What are the alternatives to MetaGPT?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are LangChain, LangGraph, AI SDK, Strands Agents.
Where these numbers come from
PyPI: metagpt. GitHub: FoundationAgents/MetaGPT. See data sources for how each one is collected.