crewAI
CrewAI is a Python framework that lets developers build teams of AI agents that split up and complete multi-step work.
What it is good for
- Coordinating several AI agents to finish a complex task together
- Building production-ready automated workflows in Python
- Adding event-driven control to multi-step AI processes
- Teaching a coding agent how to build CrewAI projects
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Requires programming
Level 5 of 5. You need to write code to use it.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Framework or SDK
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 60,414
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is crewAI free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use crewAI?
- Yes. You need to write code to use it.
- What does crewAI work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Windsurf.
- What is crewAI good for?
- Coordinating several AI agents to finish a complex task together, building production-ready automated workflows in Python, adding event-driven control to multi-step AI processes, and teaching a coding agent how to build CrewAI projects.
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