Autogen
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
AutoGen is Microsoft Research's framework for multi-agent LLM workflows — define agents with roles, let them converse to solve tasks. AutoGen Studio is the visual builder on top: design agent teams, orchestrate conversations, run experiments in a browser.
What it's for
- Multi-agent prototyping — visualize agents collaborating
- Research experimentation — test agent architectures
- AI workflow design — manager + worker agents
- Code-gen workflows — coder + reviewer + tester agents
- Educational demos — visualize agent reasoning
Who it's for
- AI researchers experimenting with multi-agent patterns
- AI engineers prototyping team workflows before code
- Educators demonstrating multi-agent concepts visually
- Power users building autonomous agent crews
- Microsoft Research community + AutoGen library users
Why teams pick AutoGen over alternatives
- MIT (AutoGen) + Microsoft-backed — sustained development
- Research-grade — used in published AI research
- Multi-agent native — conversation patterns built in
- Tool integration — agents can call functions
- Studio + library — visual + code paths
- Active development — major releases tracked
Integrations
- LLM providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Ollama, any OpenAI-compatible
- Code execution — sandboxed Python via Docker
- Web browsing — agent can use browser tools
- Custom tools — Python function registration
- Memory — agent state persistence
- Multi-modal — vision via GPT-4V, Claude vision
- Skills marketplace — community-built agent capabilities
Notable users & community
- 36k+ GitHub stars (AutoGen library)
- Backed by Microsoft Research
- Active Discord + GitHub Discussions
- Used in AI research papers + corporate experiments
- Standard multi-agent framework in OSS
Tips & operations
- Research-grade software — breaking changes possible between versions
- API key required — configure LLM provider in Settings before use
- Resource-intensive — agent conversations consume tokens fast
- Production = library not Studio — Studio is for prototyping; production uses code
- Sandbox code execution carefully — agents can run arbitrary code
- Conversation logs — review to debug agent behavior
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker image:
ghcr.io/microsoft/autogen-studio:latest - Port 8082 exposed (mapped from 8081)
- Persistent volume:
/opt/autogenfor workflows + chat history - No built-in auth — protect with reverse proxy in production
- HTTPS via Let's Encrypt reverse proxy
- Pre-configured to detect Ollama on same VPS
- Backup hook covers
/opt/autogendata
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |