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title: "Discussion on \"We tried every multi-agent framework — then built our own runtime\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"We tried every multi-agent framework — then built our own runtime\". Why we gave up on framework-as-library and built Orloj, an open-source orchestration runtime for multi-agent AI systems, with governance enforced at runtime and declarative YAML manifests inspired by Kubernetes."
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# [We tried every multi-agent framework — then built our own runtime](https://orloj.hashnode.dev/we-tried-every-multi-agent-framework-then-built-our-own-runtime?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Why we gave up on framework-as-library and built Orloj, an open-source orchestration runtime for multi-agent AI systems, with governance enforced at runtime and declarative YAML manifests inspired by Kubernetes.

Apr 9 · 5 min read · orloj.hashnode.dev  
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