Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/FoundationAgents/OpenManus/vs/microsoft/agent-lightning
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/FoundationAgents/OpenManus/vs/microsoft/agent-lightning.md
Description: OpenManus and agent-lightning share 4 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, Pydantic, and structlog. Both are written in Python.

# OpenManus vs agent-lightning

OpenManus and agent-lightning share 4 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, Pydantic, and structlog. Both are written in Python.

- [FoundationAgents/OpenManus](https://seerepo.com/r/FoundationAgents/OpenManus): No fortress, purely open ground.  OpenManus is Coming.
- [microsoft/agent-lightning](https://seerepo.com/r/microsoft/agent-lightning): The absolute trainer to light up AI agents.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: FastAPI, uvicorn, Pydantic, structlog
- Only in OpenManus: datasets, OpenAI, MCP, tiktoken, html2text, beautifulsoup4, pillow, pydantic-core, docker, boto3, loguru
- Only in agent-lightning: jinja2

## Side by side

| | OpenManus | agent-lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 12,674 lines written, 77 code files | 16,024 lines written, 35 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 4.5% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 397 commits, 58,883 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 672 commits, 18,906 stars |
| Tests | 7 test files. 16.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 24 test files. 62.9% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, OpenManus or agent-lightning?

agent-lightning, with 16,024 lines written; OpenManus has 12,674.

The proof: [microsoft/agent-lightning's code at commit bc3a9e8](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-lightning/tree/bc3a9e80417d731744040df5d37117f9cc48005f)

### Which has more GitHub stars, OpenManus or agent-lightning?

OpenManus, with 58,883 stars; agent-lightning has 18,906.

The proof: [FoundationAgents/OpenManus on GitHub](https://github.com/FoundationAgents/OpenManus)

### Which has more tests, OpenManus or agent-lightning?

agent-lightning, with 24 test files; OpenManus has 7.

The proof: [microsoft/agent-lightning's code at commit bc3a9e8](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-lightning/tree/bc3a9e80417d731744040df5d37117f9cc48005f)

### Which was updated more recently, OpenManus or agent-lightning?

agent-lightning: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and OpenManus's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: [microsoft/agent-lightning's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-lightning/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, OpenManus or agent-lightning?

agent-lightning: an AI signed 4.5% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in microsoft/agent-lightning](https://seerepo.com/r/microsoft/agent-lightning/ai)

## Sources

- FoundationAgents/OpenManus: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 3309bf4 (https://github.com/FoundationAgents/OpenManus/tree/3309bf4e416fb1c74b008f3e86494439a31bad53)
- microsoft/agent-lightning: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit bc3a9e8 (https://github.com/microsoft/agent-lightning/tree/bc3a9e80417d731744040df5d37117f9cc48005f)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.