crewAI
by crewAIInc
CrewAI is a Python framework for building teams of AI agents that each take a role and work together on a task. It is meant for developers who want to automate multi-step work using language models.
- Stars
- 60.2k +23 a day
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Technical
- Language
- Python
- Age
- 1096 days
What you can do with it
- Set up a crew of role-based AI agents that share a task, such as research and then writing
- Build event-driven workflows (Flows) that mix single model calls with agent crews
- Connect agents to different language models and tools to automate things like job descriptions or trip planning
Make money with it
A freelance developer could build and sell custom AI agent workflows to small businesses as a fixed-price or retainer service.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Automate repeatable research, reporting or content drafting tasks to cut hours of manual work
- Build custom internal AI workflows, such as lead research or support triage, without paying for a bespoke tool
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
It is installed as a Python package with pip (crewai), then you write Python code or use its project scaffolding to define agents and tasks.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Needs an API key for a language model provider, which usually costs money, unless you run a local model
- Includes telemetry, which you should check and disable if needed
- Some features (hosted control plane, AMP Suite) are commercial and paid
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
