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What is smolagents?

An open-source framework that enables you to create AI agents in just a few lines of code. It provides two agent types: CodeAgents that write actions as Python code, and ToolCallingAgents for JSON/text-based tool invocation. Supports any LLM provider and sandboxed code execution.

Independently observed

smolagents pricing

We don't have smolagents's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
Open sourceFree tier

Open source and free. Optional paid services (Hugging Face Spaces, Inference Endpoints) for hosting agents start from $0.

What smolagents does

The capabilities that matter for ai agent frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Capabilities
Orchestration model
Multi agent hierarchical
Model provider agnostic
✓
Tool function calling
✓
Code execution sandbox
✓
Memory architecture
Session
Mcp support
-
A2a support
-
Human in the loop
-
Streaming output
-
Structured output
-
Multi language SDK
-
Deployment model
Library self hosted
Open source
✓
Pricing model
Open source self host
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Hybrid
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (10)

Independently observed
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • LiteLLM
  • Ollama
  • Transformers
  • DuckDuckGoSearchTool
  • Hugging Face Inference API
  • Together AI
  • Groq
  • PyCharm

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 5 (4 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for smolagents, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 55 / 100
low · 35%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency800.086.7✓
Capabilities670.085.6✓
Price level1000.055.2✓
Release cadence920.054.8✓
Integrations440.094.1✓
Stars840.032.2✓
Development activity150.091.4✓
Reliability00.070.0-
Dependent projects00.060.0✓
Security posture50.070.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Security score00.040.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

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Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d2mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars29,002highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesOpen source: Yes · Pricing model: open-source-self-host · Deployment model: library-self-hosted · Memory architecture: session · Orchestration model: multi-agent-hierarchical · Tool function calling: Yesmediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count33mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryPythonhighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-26 · 40%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days14mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=smolagents&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: CRITICALhighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%