--- title: "PocketFlow" type: "tool" slug: "the-pocket-pocketflow" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/the-pocket-pocketflow" github_url: "https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow" homepage_url: "https://the-pocket.github.io/PocketFlow/" stars: 10941 forks: 1183 primary_language: "Python" license: "MIT" categories: ["llm-frameworks", "ai-agents"] tags: ["large-language-model", "minimalist", "agentic-ai", "flow-based-programming"] updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:33:06.984211+00:00" --- # PocketFlow > Pocket Flow: A minimalist, 100-line LLM framework for agentic AI development. PocketFlow is a compact, dependency-free Python LLM framework designed to facilitate agentic workflow creation and RAG applications with minimal code overhead. It enables developers to harness the power of agents building other agents, driving efficiency in AI project development. ## Facts - Repository: https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow - Homepage: https://the-pocket.github.io/PocketFlow/ - Stars: 10,941 · Forks: 1,183 · Open issues: 71 · Watchers: 97 - Primary language: Python - License: MIT - Last pushed: 2026-03-27T18:48:41+00:00 ## Categories - [LLM Frameworks](/categories/llm-frameworks.md) - [AI Agents](/categories/ai-agents.md) ## Tags large-language-model, minimalist, agentic-ai, flow-based-programming ## Related tools - [ECC](/tools/affaan-m-ecc.md) - The agent harness performance optimization system (★ 226,962) - [hermes-agent](/tools/nousresearch-hermes-agent.md) - The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research (★ 210,880) - [AutoGPT](/tools/significant-gravitas-autogpt.md) - AutoGPT: Build, Deploy, and Run AI Agents (★ 185,417) - [ollama](/tools/ollama-ollama.md) - Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.1, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models. (★ 175,659) - [prompts.chat](/tools/f-prompts-chat.md) - The world's largest open-source prompt library for AI (★ 165,019) - [transformers](/tools/huggingface-transformers.md) - 🤗 Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models (★ 162,347) - [langflow](/tools/langflow-ai-langflow.md) - Langflow is a powerful platform for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. (★ 151,298) - [dify](/tools/langgenius-dify.md) - Production-ready platform for agentic workflow development (★ 148,070) ## README (excerpt) ```text
Pocket Flow – 100-line minimalist LLM framework
English | [中文](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_CHINESE.md) | [Español](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_SPANISH.md) | [日本語](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_JAPANESE.md) | [Deutsch](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_GERMAN.md) | [Русский](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_RUSSIAN.md) | [Português](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_PORTUGUESE.md) | [Français](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_FRENCH.md) | [한국어](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/cookbook/pocketflow-batch/translations/README_KOREAN.md) Pocket Flow is a [100-line](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/pocketflow/__init__.py) minimalist LLM framework - **Lightweight**: Just 100 lines. Zero bloat, zero dependencies, zero vendor lock-in. - **Expressive**: Everything you love—([Multi-](https://the-pocket.github.io/PocketFlow/design_pattern/multi_agent.html))[Agents](https://the-pocket.github.io/PocketFlow/design_pattern/agent.html), [Workflow](https://the-pocket.github.io/PocketFlow/design_pattern/workflow.html), [RAG](https://the-pocket.github.io/PocketFlow/design_pattern/rag.html), and more. - **[Agentic Coding](https://zacharyhuang.substack.com/p/agentic-coding-the-most-fun-way-to)**: Let AI Agents (e.g., Cursor AI) build Agents—10x productivity boost! Get started with Pocket Flow: - To install, ```pip install pocketflow```or just copy the [source code](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow/blob/main/pocketflow/__init__.py) (only 100 lines). - To learn more, check out the [video tutorial](https://youtu.be/0Zr3NwcvpA0) and [documentation](https://the-pocket.github.io/PocketFlow/) - 🎉 Join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/hUHHE9Sa6T) to connect with other developers building with Pocket Flow! - 🎉 Pocket Flow now has [Typescript](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow-Typescript), [Java](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow-Java), [C++](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow-CPP), [Go](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow-Go), [Rust](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow-Rust) and [PHP](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow-PHP) versions! ## Why Pocket Flow? Current LLM frameworks are bloated... You only need 100 lines for LLM Framework!
| | **Abstraction** | **App-Specific Wrappers** | **Vendor-Specific Wrappers** | **Lines** | **Size** | |----------------|:-----------------------------: |:-----------------------------------------------------------:|:------------------------------------------------------------:|:---------------:|:----------------------------:| | LangChain | Agent, Chain | Many
(e.g., QA, Summarization) | Many
(e.g., OpenAI, Pinecone, etc.) | 405K | +166MB | | CrewAI | Agent, Chain | Many
(e.g., FileReadTool, SerperDevTool) | Many
(e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Pinecone, etc.) | 18K | +173MB | | S ``` --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/the-pocket-pocketflow`](/api/graphcanon/tools/the-pocket-pocketflow) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_