Output.ai
Shares rank 24 of 28 agent frameworks by recommenders
Open-source framework extracted from production AI agent work, praised for credential management that avoids plain .env files.
Open-source framework extracted from production AI agent work, praised for credential management that avoids plain .env files.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Credential management better than .env files
“The credential management piece is smart most frameworks just do .env files and hope for the best.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Output.ai - OSS framework we extracted from 500+ production AI agents” Extracted and cleaned up for public use
“We extracted it, cleaned it up, and wanted to put it in front of people who'd push on it.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Output.ai - OSS framework we extracted from 500+ production AI agents” Gives control and security by self-building
“We encourage you to roll your own as often as possible both for the security/control it gives you.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Output.ai - OSS framework we extracted from 500+ production AI agents” Positive first impressions, shared with teams
“Looks great. Sharing with my team”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Output.ai - OSS framework we extracted from 500+ production AI agents”
Other agent frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other agent frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Agent SDK | 36 | 25 | 59% | 11 | — | — |
| LangChain | 32 | 79 | 29% | 10 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
| Mastra | 32 | 3 | 91% | 10 | — | Approved |
| LangGraph | 31 | 23 | 57% | 12 | — | — |
| Output.aiThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“We encourage you to roll your own as often as possible both for the security/control it gives you.”
“The credential management piece is smart most frameworks just do .env files and hope for the best.”
“Looks great. Sharing with my team”
“We extracted it, cleaned it up, and wanted to put it in front of people who'd push on it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.