autogpt

AutoGPT is an open-source platform for building, deploying, and running AI agents that carry out complete workflows. Users can describe an outcome in plain English or design every step visually, then run the agent on demand, on a schedule, or from a trigger. The project has grown to over 185,000 GitHub stars and includes both a managed, hosted platform and a self-hosted path. ## Main surfaces The README describes four primary surfaces: - **AutoPilot** – Turn a plain-English conversation into a working agent. - **Agents** – Dashboard for viewing agents, runs, costs, and actions needing attention. - **Marketplace** – Ready-made community agents that can be copied and customized. - **Build** – A visual canvas where blocks are dragged, connected, branched, and inspected for precise control. ## Hosted Platform vs. self-hosting The hosted AutoGPT Platform is publicly available as a paid, usage-based service. It manages infrastructure, model access, credentials, reliability, and updates, and requires no model API keys or infrastructure setup. Agents can run on demand, on schedules, and from triggers. The hosted path includes AutoPilot, Agents, Marketplace, and Build, plus 45+ connected platforms and access to hundreds of AI models. Self-hosting is offered as the free path. Users provide their own infrastructure and model API keys and maintain the deployment. The README states that both paths use the same repository. Self-hosting requires Docker and configuration; macOS, Linux, and Windows installation commands are provided. ## Automation examples The README lists example automation areas: - Executive operations: daily briefs from internal and external signals - Sales: account research before meetings - Marketing: campaign drafts from a launch brief - Engineering: incident triage and likely-cause suggestions - Customer support: draft replies, context gathering, and escalation flags - Research: monitoring sources and returning structured reports ## Integrations AutoGPT connects agents to 45+ platforms, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, GitHub, Slack, Discord, Notion, HubSpot, Linear, Airtable, Jira, Salesforce, Stripe, and Webflow. It also provides access to hundreds of AI models. ## Licensing - `autogpt_platform/` is licensed under Polyform Shield: free for personal and internal business use, but cannot be sold as a competing hosted service. - `classic/` and everything else are licensed under MIT. ## AutoGPT Classic The original standalone AutoGPT agent remains available in the `classic/` directory under the MIT License. It includes tooling for building agents with Forge and benchmarking with `agbenchmark`. ## Community The project points to Discord, documentation at docs.agpt.co, GitHub Issues for bug reports, GitHub Discussions for feature requests, and CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidance.