# Google ADK

> Google ADK (Agent Development Kit) is an Apache-2.0 agent framework whose Python repository had about 21,600 GitHub stars as of September 2026, and which deploys natively to Vertex AI Agent Engine.

Open-source Agent Development Kit that deploys natively to Vertex AI Agent Engine.

- **Category:** Runtime & Orchestration
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Language:** Python
- **Self-hosted:** Yes
- **GitHub stars:** 21702 (2026-10-04)
- **Repository:** https://github.com/google/adk-python
- **Last verified:** 2026-10-04

Source: https://agent.c8.fit/tools/google-adk/