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Google Agent Development Kit
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ADK framework
Free
Apache 2.0 open source · no seat charge or usage cap
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Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)
Free
Open-source framework; model and cloud service usage may require separate access or billing
Read 4 Oct 2026 · adk.dev
On the record
- Agent orchestration
- The framework supports modular multi-agent composition, delegation and routing between specialized agents.developers.googleblog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API surface
- Official references include Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin APIs plus CLI, configuration and REST API references.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- Agents CLI can scaffold, build, test, evaluate and deploy ADK agents from an AI-enabled development environment.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.en.wikipedia.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal identity
- Google LLC is Alphabet's technology subsidiary and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.en.wikipedia.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Google as a public software-development company with 10,001-plus employees and headquarters in Mountain View, California.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Context and memory
- ADK manages session context and provides integration points for longer-term memory services.adk.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Context management
- ADK manages sessions, memory, events, tool outputs and artifacts, including summarization and context compression controls.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Agents can run locally, in containers, on Cloud Run, on GKE or on Google's managed Agent Runtime.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Developer UI
- The local ADK web interface lets developers chat with agents and inspect events, state and execution traces step by step.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation site includes getting-started guides, component references, deployment, observability, evaluation, safety, MCP, A2A and API references.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Evaluation
- Documentation covers evaluation criteria, user and environment simulation, custom metrics and optimization workflows.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Graph workflows
- ADK 2.0 adds graph-based workflows that combine deterministic code with model reasoning and explicit execution paths.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The installation guide provides package installation instructions for all five supported languages.adk.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Installation requirement
- The Python quickstart requires Python 3.10 or later and installs the package with pip install google-adk.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integration ecosystem
- Google lists integrations spanning Google Cloud services, databases, observability platforms, communication tools, productivity apps and many third-party agent tools.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations catalog includes tools and connectors for MCP, Google Cloud, databases, search, observability, and third-party services.adk.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Official implementations are provided for Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin.adk.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
