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title: "What AI recommended for ai agent frameworks in August 2026"
description: "What AI recommends for ai agent frameworks, updated monthly: which tools Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Gemini, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · Gemini 3.6 Flash, Venice · Kimi K2.6, Venice · Qwen 3.7 Plus and Venice · GLM 5.2 named in August 2026 when developers asked \"What framework should I use to build AI agents?\", cross-referenced with what developers say about them."
source: https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/ai-agent-frameworks/2026-08
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# What AI recommends for ai agent frameworks (August 2026)

When developers ask "What framework should I use to build AI agents?", this is what Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Gemini, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · Gemini 3.6 Flash, Venice · Kimi K2.6, Venice · Qwen 3.7 Plus and Venice · GLM 5.2 answer, measured over 585 sampled answers across 8 probe runs. Share of voice is the percentage of sampled answers naming the tool; the dev pulse is the sentiment of the same month's developer mentions on Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Bluesky and more.

| # | Tool | AI share of voice | Change vs prior month | Named by | Dev pulse |
|---|------|------------------:|----------------------:|----------|-----------|
| 1 | LangChain | 29.8% | new | Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Gemini, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |
| 2 | LlamaIndex | 27.8% | new | Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |
| 3 | CrewAI | 18.9% | new | Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |
| 4 | AutoGen | 18.2% | new | Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |
| 5 | LangGraph | 17.4% | new | Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · GLM 5.2 | quiet (net +0) |
| 6 | Pydantic AI | 12.3% | new | Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |

> Averaged equally across 10 AI models, LangChain is named in 29.8% of answers about ai agent frameworks (7 of 10 name it).

Source: BackTalk AI Recommendation Standings, August 2026 · https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/ai-agent-frameworks/2026-08

## The prompts behind these standings

- What framework should I use to build AI agents? (recommendation)
- What are the best LangChain alternatives? (alternatives)
- Which framework is best for building an LLM app? (recommendation)

## Method

These August 2026 standings are final and never change; cite them by permalink. Full methodology: https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/methodology (as markdown: https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/methodology.md). Free to cite with attribution to "BackTalk AI Recommendation Standings" and a link.