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owl

Multi-agent framework on CAMEL for browser, search, code and document tasks

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Stars: 20.2k
License: no license
Last commit: Oct 2026
Language: Python

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Overview

OWL is a Python multi-agent framework built on CAMEL-AI that runs a society of agents with toolkits for Playwright browser control, web search, document parsing, code execution and MCP servers. It reports a 69.09 average on the GAIA benchmark and ships example scripts for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Qwen, Deepseek and Ollama, plus a web UI. The README recommends OpenAI models and says other models score lower on complex tasks.

Who it is for: Developers building multi-agent task automation or reproducing GAIA results

Strengths

Reports 69.09 average on GAIA, with a separate branch for reproducing benchmark runs
Many built-in toolkits: Playwright browser, search engines, Office/PDF parsing, code execution, MCP
Example scripts for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Qwen, Deepseek, Azure and Ollama
Training dataset and model checkpoints released on Hugging Face

Weaknesses

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README says non-OpenAI models perform significantly worse on complex tasks
Needs models with strong tool calling; multimodal toolkits also need multimodal models
Training code is listed as coming soon; GAIA runs need separate branches

What it needs

no GPU
Needs Python 3.10-3.12, CAMEL-AI, Playwright, Node.js (for MCP), LLM API key (e.g. OPENAI_API_KEY)
Models: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Qwen, Deepseek

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License in plain words

no license No license

Use it at work: No
Change it and rebrand it: No
Sell it or host it for others: No

Your part: Without a license you have no right to use, copy or change it. Ask the authors.

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