# Apache Burr

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Apache Burr and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free framework for stateful AI agent workflows, with built-in observability; critics mostly object to its vibe-coded, AI-generated landing page.

## Why people recommend it

- Helps build reliable AI agents (3 comments): "I have enjoyed using this framework in my personal and work projects, having a reliable stateful workflow for AI models while getting free observability." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48483535)) "Burr has agent cookbooks to get started with this, and it can handle multi-machine workflows." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480962)) "Burr just helps you, the engineer, to really control the primitives." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479654))

## What people warn about

- AI-generated, vibecoded landing page (5 comments): "disposable garbage generated by Claude code that doesn't even try to work without JavaScript" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48485240)) "I was not expecting an apache foundation project to have gradient words on the landing page." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48486986)) "Didn't bother reading more after seeing the vibeslopped landing page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48483115))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Agent SDK](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-agent-sdk.md): 36 recommend
- [LangChain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/langchain.md): 32 recommend
- [Mastra](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastra.md): 32 recommend
- [LangGraph](https://hackerapproved.com/p/langgraph.md): 31 recommend
- [DSPy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dspy.md): 29 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Apache Burr", https://hackerapproved.com/p/apache-burr/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).