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Strands Agents

Open-source Python and TypeScript toolkit for writing AI agents

  • Agent frameworks and tools
  • AI coding agents
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What it is

Strands Agents is a free, open-source library for Python and TypeScript that supplies the agent loop, tools, MCP support, structured output, memory, sessions, multi-agent patterns, guardrails, tracing and evals, with no hosted control plane required. It works with Bedrock, Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini and other model providers, and includes a preassembled harness agent plus a CLI for chatting with it from the terminal. Developers who would otherwise hand-write an agent loop use it to ship production agents with turn limits, token budgets and hooks for inspecting each step.

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8,878 GitHub stars.
8,878

Forks
1,403
Commits
3,004
Contributors
332
Language
TypeScript
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
May 2025
First release
May 2025
Platforms
CLI, library
Self-hostable
No
Tags
  • multi-agent
  • agent-framework
  • structured-output
  • agent-harness
  • ai-memory
  • ai-agents

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Hacker NewsStrands Decider 2B: a small, open-source, decision modelOct 7, 2026 · 286 points · 77 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands HarnessSep 23, 2026 · 150 points · 97 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands Box: The Big PictureOct 7, 2026 · 7 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands Decider Decision ModelOct 1, 2026 · 6 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands Agents SDK – AWS Open Source Agents Developer KitMay 16, 2025 · 6 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands Box: Open-Source Agent Sandbox from AWSOct 8, 2026 · 5 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands harness: frontier performance with 28% lower token costSep 21, 2026 · 4 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands harness: frontier performance with 28% lower token costSep 23, 2026 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands Agents SDKMay 19, 2025 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHas any one ever used Strands – the AI Agent SDK by AWSAug 18, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsRed-teaming agents with the GOAT attack strategyJun 17, 2026 · 2 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsAWS ran 94,000 trials to measure the cost of harness choiceOct 14, 2026 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsStrands Agents SDKSep 2, 2026 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsWhat We Learned from One Year of Building Production AgentsMay 18, 2026 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Very puzzled how a github repo gets 13K stars but I guess it isn't much different than the world after four major TV networks, everyone's attention is…”Sep 23, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“aws ug uk @awsuguk.bsky.social create an agent in 5 lines strandsagents.com”Jun 4, 2025 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Strands Agents from AWS redefines agent frameworks. Model-driven, open source, and cloud-ready, it turns any prompt + tools into a production agent with…”May 17, 2025 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“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…”Sep 28, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“9. Harness-SDK Provides End-to-End Control for Production Agents LINK 10. AI Tutoring Demonstrates Learning Gains Equivalent to Human Experts LINK”Sep 24, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
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