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Function comparison between Python AutoGen and AutoGen.Net

Agentic pattern

Feature	AutoGen	AutoGen.Net
Code interpreter	run python code in local/docker/notebook executor	run csharp code in dotnet interactive executor
Single agent chat pattern	✔️	✔️
Two agent chat pattern	✔️	✔️
group chat (include FSM)	✔️	✔️ (using workflow for FSM groupchat)
Nest chat	✔️	✔️ (using middleware pattern)
Sequential chat	✔️	❌ (need to manually create task in code)
Tool	✔️	✔️

LLM platform support

ℹ️ Note

Other than the platforms list below, AutoGen.Net also supports all the platforms that semantic kernel supports via AutoGen.SemanticKernel as a bridge

Feature	AutoGen	AutoGen.Net
OpenAI (include third-party)	✔️	✔️
Mistral	✔️	✔️
Ollama	✔️	✔️
Claude	✔️	✔️
Gemini (Include Vertex)	✔️	✔️

Popular Contrib Agent support

Feature	AutoGen	AutoGen.Net
Rag Agent	✔️	❌
Web surfer	✔️	❌