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Multi-agent framework

An open-source alternative to MetaGPT

A multi-agent framework structured around software-team roles (PM, architect, engineer, QA).

Digitorn is a YAML-first AI agent runtime. Open source, self-hosted, with multi-agent dispatch built in. Below: what MetaGPT does well, why teams switch, and where Digitorn fits.

About MetaGPT

MetaGPT casts the multi-agent pattern as a simulated software team: a product manager writes the spec, an architect decomposes it, engineers implement, QA verifies. The framework ships predefined roles and a workflow that strings them together. It is a strong opinionated choice for full-stack codegen scenarios.

What MetaGPT does well
  • Opinionated multi-agent shape with named roles out of the box
  • Good fit for end-to-end product specifications
  • Active research-flavoured community
Why teams look for an alternative
  • The role-play metaphor leaks into APIs and prompts, which is rigid for non-software domains
  • Configuration lives in Python classes, hot-reload requires process restarts
  • Cost routing per role requires manual wiring
  • No marketplace for sharing or installing agents one command at a time
Why Digitorn

What you get when you switch

Coordinator-plus-specialists without the role-play assumption

The same multi-agent shape, with no implicit metaphor. Agents are agents, you name them what they actually do.

Per-agent brain in a single YAML line

Coordinator on Sonnet, explorer on Haiku, writer on Sonnet, reviewer on DeepSeek. One config, one model: line per agent.

Hub for sharing whole agents

Push your agent to the Digitorn Hub. A teammate runs digitorn install hub://your-publisher/your-agent and they have it.

Try it in 5 minutes

Install and run a real agent

# one-line install (Mac, Linux, Windows + Git Bash)
curl -sSL https://digitorn.ai/install | sh

# install a coding agent from the Hub
digitorn install hub://digitorn/digitorn-code

# chat with it
digitorn chat digitorn-code
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