Open-source AI Agent Orchestration Platform — with all 3 agentic protocols
The first platform with native MCP (Tools) + A2A (Agent-to-Agent) + AG-UI (Frontend Streaming)
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CrewForm is the first platform with native support for all three agentic protocols:
| Protocol | Direction | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| MCP (Model Context Protocol) | 🔌 Client + 🔧 Server | Client: Agents discover and call tools from any MCP server. Server: Expose your agents as MCP tools for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients. |
| A2A (Agent-to-Agent Protocol) | Consume: Delegate tasks to external A2A agents. Publish: Expose your agents for other AI systems to call. Cross-framework agent interop. | |
| AG-UI (Agent-User Interface) | 📡 Streaming | Real-time SSE event streaming from agent to frontend. Supports text deltas, tool calls, state transitions, and rich interactions (approval, confirmation, choices). |
Why this matters: Most platforms support zero or one protocol. CrewForm gives your agents access to thousands of tools (MCP), cross-framework interop (A2A), and real-time UI streaming (AG-UI) — all out of the box.
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🔌 MCP Client + Server Use external tools & expose agents as MCP tools |
🤝 A2A Bidirectional Agent-to-Agent interop — consume & publish |
🖥️ AG-UI Streaming Real-time SSE events with rich interactions |
🤖 16 LLM Providers OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, Ollama, +11 more |
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🔀 3 Team Modes Pipeline, Orchestrator, and Collaboration |
📚 Knowledge Base (RAG) Hybrid search: pgvector + full-text + reranking |
🎨 Visual Workflow Canvas Drag-and-drop with live execution visualization |
🐳 Local AI via Ollama Air-gapped — zero data leaving your network |
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💬 Chat Widget Embed agents on any website — one script tag |
📡 Observability OpenTelemetry + Langfuse tracing |
⚡ Zapier + Channels 7,000+ apps, Discord, Slack, Telegram, Email |
🏪 Agent Marketplace Browse, install, and publish agent templates |
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🔀 Fan-Out Branching Parallel pipeline steps with merge agents |
📦 Export & Import Portable JSON for agents and teams |
🔄 Fallback Models Auto-switch to backup models on failure |
🏠 Self-Hostable Docker Compose — your data, your infra |
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🔑 BYOK Your API keys, your cost — zero markup |
🧠 Team Memory pgvector semantic search across runs |
🛡️ RBAC & Workspaces Role-based access, multi-tenant isolation |
📊 Analytics Track tokens, costs, and agent performance |
Sign up at crewform.tech — free tier includes 3 agents and 50 tasks/month.
git clone https://github.com/CrewForm/crewform.git
cd crewform
cp .env.example .env # Edit with your config
docker compose up -dOpen http://localhost:3000 — done!
⚡ Local Models: Install Ollama alongside CrewForm for fully local AI — zero API keys, zero data leaving your network. Run ollama pull llama3.3 and select Ollama as a provider in Settings.
git clone https://github.com/CrewForm/crewform.git
cd crewform
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local
npm run dev📖 See the Self-Hosting Guide for production deployment details.
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CrewForm gives you everything you need to orchestrate multi-agent AI workflows — a visual UI, team management, real-time monitoring, and an agent marketplace — while you keep full control of your API keys, your data, and your infrastructure.
- 🖥️ UI-First — Create, configure, and monitor agents from a visual interface. No code required to get started
- 🔑 BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) — Connect your own LLM provider keys. Pay your provider directly at their standard rates, zero markup
- 🏠 Self-Hostable — Deploy on your own infrastructure with Docker. Your data stays with you
- 🔀 3 Orchestration Modes — Pipeline (sequential), Orchestrator (brain + workers), and Collaboration (multi-agent discussion)
- 🔌 MCP Protocol — Connect agents to thousands of external tool servers, and expose your agents as MCP tools for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients
- 🤝 A2A Protocol — Agent-to-Agent interoperability — expose agents to external AI systems and delegate tasks to remote agents
- 🖥️ AG-UI Protocol — Real-time SSE event streaming for frontend integration — the standard for agent-to-UI communication
- 📚 Knowledge Base (RAG) — Upload docs (TXT, MD, CSV, JSON), auto-chunk and embed with pgvector, then search via agents
- 🏪 Agent Marketplace — Browse and install community-built agent templates, or publish your own
- ⚡ Integrations Ecosystem — Zapier (7,000+ apps), Discord, Slack, Telegram, Email, webhooks, and output routes
- 🔒 Secure by Default — AES-256-GCM key encryption, Row-Level Security, GDPR-ready
- 📊 Built-in Analytics — Track token usage, costs, and performance per agent and task
CrewForm is the first platform with all three agentic protocols — MCP (tools) + A2A (agents) + AG-UI (frontend). Built for developers and teams who want production-ready AI agent orchestration.
CrewForm supports 4 execution modes — choose the right one for your workflow:
| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Single Task | Send a prompt to one agent — it uses its LLM and tools, then returns the result. The simplest way to get work done. |
| Pipeline | Chain multiple agents in sequence. Each agent completes its task and passes the output to the next. Great for research → write → review workflows. |
| Orchestrator | A brain agent breaks down the task, delegates sub-tasks to worker agents, reviews their outputs, and assembles the final result. |
| Collaboration | Multiple agents discuss the task in a shared thread, debate approaches, and converge on a consensus result. |
Pick agents from the marketplace (or build your own) and throw tasks at them — "Research competitors for X", "Write a blog post about Y", "Review this code". Agents work in the background; you get results.
Daily loop: Dispatch tasks → review results → ship to clients.
Set up a shared workspace with a crew of agents matching your workflow — a Researcher, a Coder, a Writer, a QA agent. Tasks get assigned, agents run in pipeline or collaboration mode, results land in one place.
Daily loop: Create task → assign to agent → agent does the legwork → human reviews → done.
Each client gets their own workspace. Custom agents built around their tools and data. Analytics show which agents perform, which cost most, where to optimise. BYOK means you control API spend.
The core habit CrewForm builds: I have a task → I assign it to an agent → I review the output. It becomes as natural as assigning work in Slack — the difference is the agent actually does the work.
Where it really shines:
- Repetitive but complex tasks (reports, summaries, code reviews)
- Multi-step workflows with handoffs between skills (research → write → format)
- Teams that want AI leverage without every member needing prompt engineering skills
- 🔑 BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) — Pay your LLM provider directly. Zero markup, zero middleman
- 🤖 Agent Management — Create, configure, and monitor AI agents from a visual UI
- 🏪 Marketplace — Browse and install agent templates built by the community
- 👥 Pipeline Mode — Chain agents together in sequential workflows
- ✅ Single Tasks — Send a prompt to any agent and get results in real-time
- 🔌 MCP Protocol — Connect agents to external MCP tool servers for dynamic tool discovery, and expose agents as MCP tools for Claude Desktop and Cursor
- 📚 Knowledge Base (RAG) — Upload documents, auto-chunk and embed, and search via agents
- 🏠 Self-Hostable — Run on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose
- 🔒 Secure by Default — AES-256-GCM key encryption, Row-Level Security, GDPR-ready
- ⚡ Real-Time — Watch your agents work in real-time with live task execution updates
- 🎨 Visual Workflow Canvas — Drag-and-drop agents onto an interactive canvas with live execution visualization, glassmorphism nodes, transcript panel, tool activity heatmap, keyboard shortcuts, and camera auto-follow
- 🎙️ Voice Profiles — Control agent tone, custom instructions, and output format hints; save as reusable brand voice templates
- 📝 Output Templates — Format results with
{{variable}}placeholders for consistent, structured output - 🔀 Fan-Out Branching — Parallel pipeline steps that dispatch to multiple agents simultaneously, then merge results
- 📊 Usage Tracking — Monitor token usage, costs, and performance per agent and task
- 💬 Chat Widget — Embed any agent on your website with a single
<script>tag — streaming responses, domain whitelisting, customizable themes - 📦 Export & Import — Download agent/team configs as portable JSON; import into any workspace with automatic ID remapping
- 📡 Observability — Opt-in OpenTelemetry + Langfuse integration for tracing LLM calls, tool use, and team runs
- 🤝 AG-UI Rich Interactions — Agents can pause and request approval, data confirmation, or choices from the user mid-execution
- 🔗 Orchestrator Mode — Brain agent coordinates sub-agents via delegation trees (Pro)
- 🛠️ Custom Tools — Extend agents with custom tool integrations (Pro)
- 💬 Collaboration Mode — Agents discuss and debate tasks in real-time threads (Team)
- 🧠 Team Memory — Shared pgvector semantic search across agents (Team)
- 👤 RBAC — Role-based access control and workspace member invitations (Team)
- ⚡ Zapier — Connect CrewForm to 7,000+ apps. Trigger agents from Gmail, Slack, forms, or schedules
- 📡 Messaging Channels — Trigger agents from Discord, Slack, Telegram, and Email
- 📤 Output Routes — Deliver results to Discord channels, Slack, webhooks, MS Teams, and more
- 📈 Advanced Analytics — Charts, CSV export, prompt history with diffs (Pro)
- 💬 Chat Widget — Embed agents on any website (Pro)
- 📋 Audit Logs — Full audit trail with Datadog/Splunk streaming (Enterprise)
- 🐝 Swarm — Multi-runner concurrency pool (Enterprise)
CrewForm uses an open-core model: a free Community Edition under AGPL-3.0 and a proprietary Enterprise Edition.
| Free | Pro | Team | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agents | 3 | 25 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Tasks/month | 50 | 1,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Teams | 1 | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Members | 1 | 3 | 25 | Unlimited |
| MCP Protocol | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| AG-UI Protocol | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Knowledge Base | 3 docs | 25 docs | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| A2A Consume | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| A2A Publish | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Chat Widget | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pipeline Mode | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Orchestrator Mode | — | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Collaboration Mode | — | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Team Memory | — | — | ✅ | ✅ |
| Audit Logs | — | — | — | ✅ |
| Self-Hosting | ✅ (CE) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
See LICENSING.md for full details on the dual-license model.
| Guide | Description |
|---|---|
| Quick Start | Get running in under 5 minutes |
| Agents Guide | Models, system prompts, and agent lifecycle |
| Pipeline Teams | Multi-agent sequential workflows |
| Orchestration Teams | Brain agent with delegation trees |
| Collaboration Teams | Multi-agent real-time discussion |
| Channels | Discord, Slack, Telegram, Email triggers |
| Discord Integration | Slash commands and bot setup |
| Output Routes | Deliver results to external destinations |
| MCP Protocol | Connect agents to external tool servers |
| MCP Server Publishing | Expose agents as MCP tools for Claude Desktop, Cursor |
| Knowledge Base | RAG document upload, chunking, and search |
| A2A Protocol | Agent-to-Agent interoperability |
| AG-UI Protocol | Real-time SSE streaming for frontends |
| API Reference | REST API endpoints and authentication |
| Self-Hosting | Docker Compose production deployment |
| Visual Workflow Builder | Interactive canvas with live execution observability |
| Chat Widget | Embed agents on any website with a script tag |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry + Langfuse tracing setup |
| Changelog | Release notes and version history |
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CrewForm UI │
│ React + TypeScript + Tailwind + ShadCN │
│ Visual Workflow Canvas · AG-UI SSE Streaming · Chat Widget │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Supabase Layer │
│ Auth · PostgreSQL · Realtime · Storage │
│ Edge Functions (REST API) · pgvector (RAG) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Task Runner │
│ Node.js · Multi-Provider LLM │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini · Groq · Mistral · Cohere │ │
│ │ NVIDIA · Perplexity · Together · OpenRouter · HuggingFace│ │
│ │ MiniMax · Moonshot · Venice · Ollama (local) · xAI │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Protocol Layer │
│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────┐ │
│ │ MCP Protocol │ │ A2A Protocol │ │ AG-UI Protocol │ │
│ │ Client+Server │ │ Bidirectional│ │ SSE + Rich Interactions│ │
│ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └───────────────────────┘ │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Integrations │
│ Channels (Discord · Slack · Telegram · Email) · Output Routes │
│ Zapier (7,000+ apps) · Webhooks · Chat Widget · REST API │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Observability │
│ OpenTelemetry · Langfuse · Datadog · Jaeger │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Your LLM Providers │
│ BYOK — Your Keys, Your Cost │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React 18 · TypeScript · Vite · Tailwind CSS · ShadCN UI |
| State | TanStack Query · Zustand |
| Backend | Supabase (Auth, PostgreSQL, Realtime, Edge Functions) |
| Task Runner | Node.js · 16 LLM providers + Ollama (local) |
| Vector Search | pgvector — hybrid search (cosine + full-text + reranking) |
| Protocols | MCP (client + server) · A2A (bidirectional) · AG-UI (SSE + rich interactions) |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry · Langfuse · Datadog · Jaeger |
| Integrations | Zapier · Discord · Slack · Telegram · Email · Webhooks · Chat Widget |
| Validation | Zod |
| Deployment | Vercel · Docker Compose |
We welcome contributions from everyone! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for:
- 🐛 How to report bugs
- 💡 How to suggest features
- 🔧 Development setup guide
- 📋 Coding standards
- 💬 Discord — Chat with the team and community
- 🗣️ GitHub Discussions — Ideas, Q&A, and show & tell
- 🐦 Twitter/X — Product updates and AI ecosystem commentary
- 📧 Email — team@crewform.tech
What is CrewForm?
CrewForm is an open-source AI orchestration platform that lets you deploy, manage, and collaborate on multi-agent AI workflows through a visual UI — without vendor lock-in or LLM cost markup.
Is CrewForm free to use?
Yes. CrewForm's Community Edition is open-source under the AGPL v3 license. You can self-host it for free. We also offer a hosted version with a free tier at crewform.tech. Paid plans (Pro $39/mo, Team $99/mo, Enterprise custom) unlock additional features.
What is the CE/EE split?
CrewForm uses an open-core model. All code outside ee/ is Community Edition (AGPL-3.0, free). Code inside ee/ is Enterprise Edition (proprietary, requires a license key). CE includes agents, pipeline teams, marketplace, and self-hosting. EE adds orchestrator mode, collaboration, memory, audit logs, and more.
What does BYOK mean?
BYOK stands for Bring Your Own Key. You connect your own API keys from providers like Anthropic, Google, or OpenAI. CrewForm never touches your LLM spend — you pay your provider directly at their standard rates.
Can I self-host CrewForm?
Yes! CrewForm supports Docker-based self-hosting. See our self-hosting guide for instructions.
What LLM providers are supported?
CrewForm supports 16 cloud providers + Ollama for local models:
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, Mistral, Cohere, NVIDIA NIM, Perplexity, Together, OpenRouter, HuggingFace, MiniMax, Moonshot, Venice, xAI, and Ollama (local — Llama 3, Mistral, Phi, etc.).
Ollama enables fully air-gapped setups — zero API keys, zero data leaving your network. More providers can be added via the modular provider architecture.
What integrations are available?
CrewForm integrates with Zapier (7,000+ apps), messaging channels (Discord, Slack, Telegram, Email, Trello), output routes (webhooks, MS Teams, Asana, Trello, and more), and three agentic protocols: MCP (Model Context Protocol) for connecting to thousands of external tool servers, A2A (Agent-to-Agent) for delegating tasks to external AI agents, and AG-UI (Agent-User Interface) for real-time SSE streaming to any frontend.
How does CrewForm differ from CrewAI or LangGraph?
CrewForm is a visual, UI-first platform — you create agents, teams, and tasks through a web interface with no Python required. CrewAI and LangGraph are code-first libraries. CrewForm also includes built-in billing, RBAC, marketplace, messaging channels, MCP protocol support, RAG knowledge base, A2A agent-to-agent interop, AG-UI real-time streaming, and a production-ready self-hosted deployment. CrewForm is the first platform to support all three agentic protocols (MCP + A2A + AG-UI).
| Capability | CrewForm | Others |
|---|---|---|
| Visual UI | ✅ Drag-and-drop canvas + live execution | Often code-only or basic flow editors |
| Multi-Agent Teams | ✅ 3 modes — Pipeline, Orchestrator, Collaboration | Usually single-mode or code-defined |
| MCP Protocol | ✅ Client + Server (bidirectional) | Typically client-only or unsupported |
| A2A Protocol | ✅ Bidirectional (consume + publish) | Not supported |
| AG-UI Protocol | ✅ SSE + rich interactions | Not supported |
| All 3 Protocols | ✅ MCP + A2A + AG-UI — native | Zero or one |
| LLM Providers | ✅ 16 + Ollama (local) | Often limited or requires plugins |
| BYOK (zero markup) | ✅ Your keys, your cost | Often limited providers or markup fees |
| Local Models (Ollama) | ✅ Native, fully air-gapped | Varies |
| RAG / Knowledge Base | ✅ Hybrid search + retrieval tester | Sometimes available, often requires plugins |
| Chat Widget | ✅ One script tag, streaming, domain security | Rare — usually requires custom dev |
| Observability | ✅ OTLP + Langfuse | Sometimes available |
| Fan-Out (Parallel) | ✅ Built-in branching + merge | Rare in UI-first platforms |
| Agent Marketplace | ✅ Browse, install, publish | Rare in open-source tools |
| Data Portability | ✅ JSON export/import for agents and teams | Usually locked to platform |
| Self-Hosting | ✅ One-command Docker Compose | Often cloud-only or complex setup |
| Open Source | ✅ AGPL-3.0 | Varies |
CrewForm is the only platform with all three agentic protocols (MCP + A2A + AG-UI) — giving your agents access to thousands of tools, cross-framework interop, and real-time UI streaming out of the box.
CrewForm uses a dual-license model:
- Community Edition (everything outside
ee/) — GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 - Enterprise Edition (inside
ee/) — CrewForm Enterprise License
You can use, modify, and distribute the Community Edition freely. Enterprise features require a valid license key. See LICENSING.md for full details.
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