{"slug":"google-adk","name":"Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)","vendor":"Google","tagline":"Google's open-source, code-first toolkit for building, evaluating and deploying agents in Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin","url":"https://agentboards.org/agent/google-adk","website":"https://adk.dev/","docs":"https://adk.dev/","repo":"https://github.com/google/adk-python","category":"framework","execution":["local","cloud"],"license":"Apache-2.0","open_source":true,"pricing":{"model":"byok","summary":"Free and Apache-2.0 licensed; you pay for Gemini or another model provider and any Google Cloud deployment resources","from_usd":0,"free_tier":true,"byok":true},"models":{"backbone":["Gemini","any LiteLLM model","Ollama"],"bring_your_own_model":true,"local_models":true},"protocols":{"mcp_client":true,"mcp_server":true,"openapi":false},"capabilities":{"terminal_exec":true,"browser":true,"multi_file_edit":false,"git_ops":false,"docker_sandbox":false,"multi_agent":true,"headless_ci":true},"context_window":null,"platforms":["macos","linux","windows"],"install":[{"label":"pip","command":"pip install google-adk"},{"label":"npm","command":"npm install @google/adk"},{"label":"go","command":"go get google.golang.org/adk/v2"}],"benchmarks":[],"tags":["framework","python","typescript","go","java","multi-agent","mcp","gemini","google-cloud"],"github_stars":21692,"metrics":{"stars":21692,"pushed_at":"2026-10-02T03:40:54Z","archived":false,"open_issues":474,"latest_version":"2.11.0","latest_version_at":"2026-10-02T00:46:23.264308Z","latest_version_url":"https://pypi.org/project/google-adk/","version_source":"pypi","checked_at":"2026-10-02T05:05:58.761Z"},"sources":{"pricing":"https://github.com/google/adk-python","license":"https://github.com/google/adk-python","install":"https://adk.dev/","models":"https://adk.dev/","protocols":"https://adk.dev/tools-custom/mcp-tools/","capabilities":"https://adk.dev/integrations/"},"verified_at":"2026-09-03","adoption":{"score":10,"signals":{"pypi_weekly":2645360,"github_stars":21656,"hn_mentions_1y":24},"measured_at":"2026-09-28"},"scores":{"panel":7.1,"adoption":10,"spread":0.8,"facts":10,"board":8,"dimensions":{"reliability":7,"usefulness":7,"cost":7.3,"longevity":7},"per_persona":{"amigo":7,"critico":6.8,"profesor":6.8,"inversora":7.3,"jefa":7.3,"hacker":7.5},"community":null},"rank":null,"category_rank":4,"panel_reviews":[{"persona":"juez","persona_name":"El Juez","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"The panel is 0.75 points apart, the narrowest agreement here; only El Crítico dissents, and about gravity toward Gemini rather than about quality.","scores":null,"evidence":[]},{"persona":"amigo","persona_name":"El Amigo","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"Pick ADK if you are on Google Cloud or need one agent framework across Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin; pick the OpenAI Agents SDK if your models and platform are OpenAI's.","scores":{"reliability":7,"usefulness":7,"cost":7,"longevity":7},"evidence":["https://adk.dev/","https://github.com/google/adk-python"]},{"persona":"critico","persona_name":"El Crítico","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"Every default points at Google: Gemini is the default model and the sample code hard-codes gemini-flash-latest; LiteLLM is the escape hatch, and escape hatches are what you use on a bad day.","scores":{"reliability":7,"usefulness":7,"cost":6,"longevity":7},"evidence":["https://adk.dev/tools-custom/mcp-tools/","https://adk.dev/"]},{"persona":"profesor","persona_name":"El Profesor","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"LlmAgent plus Sequential, Parallel and Loop workflow agents, graph workflows for explicit execution paths, and context managed through sessions and memory rather than string concatenation.","scores":{"reliability":7,"usefulness":6,"cost":7,"longevity":7},"evidence":["https://adk.dev/","https://github.com/google/adk-python"]},{"persona":"inversora","persona_name":"La Inversora","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"The framework is free; the business is the one-command deploy to Agent Runtime, Cloud Run or GKE, which turns every agent built with it into Google Cloud consumption.","scores":{"reliability":7,"usefulness":7,"cost":8,"longevity":7},"evidence":["https://adk.dev/","https://github.com/google/adk-python"]},{"persona":"jefa","persona_name":"La Jefa","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"As a dependency it is $0 for sixty engineers, support arrives through the Google Cloud contract we already hold, and adk web gives a mid-level engineer a debugger on day one; approved with conditions.","scores":{"reliability":7,"usefulness":7,"cost":8,"longevity":7},"evidence":["https://adk.dev/","https://github.com/google/adk-python"]},{"persona":"hacker","persona_name":"El Hacker","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"Apache-2.0, McpToolset with StdioConnectionParams for any MCP server, expose my own tools as an MCP server, Ollama through LiteLLM, and go get google.golang.org/adk/v2 for the Go build.","scores":{"reliability":7,"usefulness":8,"cost":8,"longevity":7},"evidence":["https://adk.dev/tools-custom/mcp-tools/","https://github.com/google/adk-python"]},{"persona":"comediante","persona_name":"El Comediante","ai_generated":true,"verdict":"Ships Google Search grounding built in, so the agent can at least cite where it went wrong.","scores":null,"evidence":[]}]}