Agentic AI Frameworks Under the Microscope: What Works, What Doesn’t
Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Davide Taibi · IEEE Software · 2025
AI agents are rapidly transforming the software engineering landscape, supported by a wave of new frameworks. Our review of the 10 most representative general-purpose agentic AI frameworks reveals a maturing but fragmented landscape. While some frameworks provide enterprise-ready capabilities, most remain immature, with limited memory models, basic reasoning, and uneven ecosystem support. Significant improvements are needed before these frameworks can enable reliable and large-scale adoption in practice.—Davide Taibi