The best adk-go alternatives

LocalAI

mudler/LocalAI

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Choose LocalAI if…

• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (50.3k)
• you specifically need api or audio-generation

Shares agents, ai, llm, mcp with adk-go.

mcp-toolbox

googleapis/mcp-toolbox

MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open source MCP server for databases.

Choose mcp-toolbox if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you want the more widely starred option (16.9k)
• you specifically need agent or bigquery

Shares agents, ai, genai, llm with adk-go.

AstrBot

AstrBotDevs/AstrBot

AI Agent Assistant & development framework that integrates lots of IM platforms, LLMs, plugins and AI feature, and can be your openclaw alternative. ✨

Choose AstrBot if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (46.8k)
• you specifically need agent or astrbot

Shares ai, gemini, llm, mcp with adk-go.

mastra

mastra-ai/mastra

Mastra is the modern TypeScript framework for AI-powered applications and agents.

Choose mastra if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you want the more widely starred option (29.5k)
• you specifically need chatbots or evals

Shares agents, ai, llm, mcp with adk-go.

haystack

deepset-ai/haystack

Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalable agents, RAG, multimodal applications, semantic search, and conversational systems.

Choose haystack if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you want the more widely starred option (27.0k)
• you specifically need agent-framework or agentic-ai

Shares agents, ai, genai, llm with adk-go.

adk-python

google/adk-python

An open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.

Choose adk-python if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you want the more widely starred option (22.2k)
• you specifically need agent or agentic

Shares agents, agents-sdk, ai, aiagentframework with adk-go.

voltagent

VoltAgent/voltagent

AI Agent Engineering Platform built on an Open Source TypeScript AI Agent Framework

Choose voltagent if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need ai-agents or ai-agents-framework

Shares agents, ai, aiagentframework, llm with adk-go.

tyk

TykTechnologies/tyk

Open Source API and AI Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Choose tyk if…

• you specifically need ai-gateway or api

Shares ai, go, llm, mcp with adk-go.

harness-sdk

strands-agents/harness-sdk

Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.

Choose harness-sdk if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you specifically need agent-framework or agentic

Shares agents, ai, llm, mcp with adk-go.

git-mcp

idosal/git-mcp

Put an end to code hallucinations! GitMCP is a free, open-source, remote MCP server for any GitHub project

Choose git-mcp if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need agentic-ai or claude

Shares agents, ai, llm, mcp with adk-go.

koog

JetBrains/koog

Koog is a JVM (Java and Kotlin) framework for building predictable, fault-tolerant and enterprise-ready AI agents across all platforms – from backend services to Android and iOS, JVM, and even in-browser environments. Koog is based on our AI products expertise and provides proven solutions for complex LLM and AI problems

Choose koog if…

• you would rather work in Kotlin than Go
• you specifically need agentframework or agentic-ai

Shares agents, ai, aiagentframework, genai with adk-go.

embabel-agent

embabel/embabel-agent

Agent framework for the JVM. Pronounced Em-BAY-bel /ɛmˈbeɪbəl/

Choose embabel-agent if…

• you would rather work in Kotlin than Go
• you specifically need agent or agentic-ai

Shares agents, ai, aiagentframework, genai with adk-go.