Open-Source Multi-Agent Orchestration Frameworks in 2026: The Lock-In Trap
Open-source multi-agent orchestration frameworks look like a safe category to shop in 2026. They aren't. The licenses are genuinely open, the companies behind them aren't neutral. And the AutoGen-plus-Semantic-Kernel consolidation into one MIT-licensed successor — Microsoft Agent Framework. Reshuffled this whole market from the top down.
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