- feat(ts): port mcprouter vended tool to TypeScript (#4448) (ec86d614d)
- feat(bidi): normalize token usage events (#4886) (3973d1cb8)
- feat(multiagent): migrate agent axis policies to SDKs (#4714) (d87a0718a)
- feat(stop): use agent.cancel() to stop the event loop (#3506) (5e82809b3)
- feat(skills): add Strands coding-agent skill (#4739) (8404ebbdb)
- feat: strands decider blog (#4765) (93e51a0ca)
Strands Agents by AWS
Pulse Score
63 / 100
Rank #13 of 157
Downloads, last 7 days
8.7M
up 0.6% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
36.9M
up 2.0% vs previous 30 days
GitHub stars
8,679
about +23 a day
Latest release
1.58.0
yesterday · 21 in 30 days
Price
Free (OSS)
checked Oct 5, 2026
Overview
An open-source SDK from AWS for building and controlling agents in Python and TypeScript.
Strands Agents was downloaded 8.7M times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 0.6% on the week before and up 2.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 8,679 stars, 1,534 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 1.58.0, published Oct 5, 2026; there were 21 stable releases in the past 30 days.
Strands Agents usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: strands-agents.csv
Install Strands Agents
| PyPI | pip install strands-agents |
|---|
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer.
Key facts
| Maker | AWS |
|---|---|
| Type | Vendor agent SDK |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Interfaces | Python library, TypeScript library |
| Main language | Python |
| Open issues and PRs | 957 |
Pricing
Strands Agents 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
Adoption88
Community39
Attention—
Momentum51
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
What changed: recent Strands Agents releases
43 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- feat(bidi): graduate bidirectional streaming API (#4707) (8dbc128ea)
- feat(vended-tools): port a2aclient tool to TypeScript (#4575) (ff114a9bd)
- feat(bidi): display tool calls in console I/O (#4703) (5a940fbae)
- feat(bidi): support cancellation from custom tools (#4664) (3e5e89e26)
- feat(bidi): preserve grouped tool calls through execution and delivery (#4687) (43479b8da)
- feat(bidi): support typing and speech in a shared console (#4640) (535f2ec53)
- feat(cli): add strands update and polish compact, skills, rename, and setup flows (#4612) (923a5ac2e)
- feat(bidi): support grouped content messages (#4609) (4342e12b1)
- feat(bidi): add snapshot capture and restore (#4584) (b8a2e5c00)
- fix(py): update model id in cancellation integ tests (#4611) (6da3f483b)
- fix(session): rewrite all stored copies of a message when guardrail redacts it (#4606) (69a465e55)
- fix(bidi): record tool dispatch in conversation history (#4605) (4dc582cbb)
- feat(bidi): add snapshot capture and restore (#4584) (b8a2e5c00)
- feat(cli): replace setup Q&A with Quickstart, Customize, and Export, and add /tools (#4581) (9b7657f13)
- feat(py): add a2aclient vended tool (#4304) (9746df634)
- feat(mcp-ts)!: swap to @modelcontextprotocol/client 2.0 (#4093) (ab8ff46f1)
- feat(bidi): require explicit model IDs for providers (#4525) (8732c7c90)
- feat(agent): add Agent.shutdown() for scope-based cleanup (#4519) (fec042766)
- feat(cli): replace setup Q&A with Quickstart, Customize, and Export, and add /tools (#4581) (9b7657f13)
- feat(py): add a2aclient vended tool (#4304) (9746df634)
- fix(a2a): extract content from task.status.message when artifacts are absent (#4511) (7f2b0c5ea)
- fix(mcp-server): migrate off removed mcp.server.fastmcp for mcp 2.x compat (#4547) (18becd79d)
- refactor(bidi): use barge-in terminology (#4566) (e83c0488f)
- docs(site): add PyBay and Open Source Summit Europe to events (#4562) (0411de633)
- feat(mcp-ts)!: swap to @modelcontextprotocol/client 2.0 (#4093) (ab8ff46f1)
- feat(bidi): require explicit model IDs for providers (#4525) (8732c7c90)
- feat(agent): add Agent.shutdown() for scope-based cleanup (#4519) (fec042766)
- feat(defaults): opus 5 and high thinking by default (#4460) (c3fc5ff81)
- feat(site): launch the redesigned Strands website (#4446) (1fd2ad684)
- feat: merge in the Strands harness (#4447) (4095cf5a6)
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Strands Agents FAQ
How much does Strands Agents cost?
Strands Agents is open source and free to use; you pay only for the models and infrastructure it runs on.
Is Strands Agents open source?
Yes. Strands Agents is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is Strands Agents?
Strands Agents was downloaded 8.7M times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 0.6% on the week before and up 2.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 8,679 stars, 1,534 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 1.58.0, published Oct 5, 2026; there were 21 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of Strands Agents?
The latest stable release we track is 1.58.0, published on Oct 5, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Strands Agents?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are LangChain, LangGraph, AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK.
Where these numbers come from
PyPI: strands-agents. GitHub: strands-agents/harness-sdk. See data sources for how each one is collected.