MetaGPT
🌟 The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company, Towards Natural Language Programming
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Decision brief
MetaGPT is a unique framework for creating multi-agent systems aimed at enabling natural language programming through agent interactions.
Good fit when
- When you aim to implement sophisticated, multi-agent software architectures that can interact with each other and respond to human commands in natural language.
- If your project involves developing an AI-driven company structure where automated processes need to be defined and executed according to textual instructions.
Avoid when
- Avoid MetaGPT if your requirement is a direct coding environment that focuses on translating human-readable text directly into code without the intermediary of agent interactions.
- Do not use this framework if your goal is to streamline single-agent AI tasks or deploy simple, straightforward models where multi-agent complexity adds unnecessary overhead.
- Pricing:
- freemium - MetaGPT is free to use with an open-source license (MIT), but additional features or services may be available under a non-free model.
Observed Jul 11, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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Overview
MetaGPT is a repository that focuses on creating a framework for multi-agent systems aimed at achieving natural language programming.
Capability facts
- Deploy
- Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 16, 2026
- Docker
- Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 16, 2026
- Languages
- python
Source: github.language · Aug 16, 2026
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Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 16, 2026)
**Install [node](https://nodejs.org/en/download) and [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/installation#using-npm) before actuSource link
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> Ensure that Python 3.9 or later, but less than 3.12, is installed on your system. You can check this bSource link
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Installation
Ensure that Python 3.9 or later, but less than 3.12, is installed on your system. You can check this by using:
python --version.
You can use conda like this:conda create -n metagpt python=3.9 && conda activate metagpt
pip install --upgrade metagpt
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# or `pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/geekan/MetaGPT.git`
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# or `git clone https://github.com/geekan/MetaGPT && cd MetaGPT && pip install --upgrade -e .`
Install node and pnpm before actual use.
For detailed installation guidance, please refer to cli_install or docker_install
For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.