Comparison of platforms for software agents

There several platforms for software agents or also agent development toolkits, which can facilitate the development of multi-agent systems.^[1][2][3] Hereby, software agents are implemented as independent threads which communicate with each other using agent communication languages. Below is a chart intended to capture many of the features that are important to such platforms.

Comparison of platforms

Agent Based Modeling Toolkit Comparison

Platform	Description	License	Communication	Interoperability	Migration mechanism	GUI	Last Update
Cougaar	Multi-agent systems; highly distributed, scalable, reliable, survivable applications; Domain independent; large scale distributed, complex, data intensive (can be configured for small-scaled embedded applications)	Cougaar[4] Open Source License (COSL)[a]		Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	2012 [5]
JACK	A framework in Java for multi-agent system development	Proprietary	Un­known	FIPA JACK	Un­known	Un­known	May 18, 2006 [6]
JADE[7]	Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities	GNU LGPL version 2;	Asynchronous	FIPA	RMI	Yes	August 15, 2021[8]
SARL	Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities	Apache version 2	Event-based	Un­known	Un­known	Only in demo project	November 6, 2024 (Version 0.14.0)[9]
IBM Agent Builder	Distributed applications composed of autonomous entities	Open source	Synchronous and asynchronous	MASIF	SOCKET	Partial	May 11, 2021 [10]
ZEUS	A toolkit for building distributed multiagent systems	Open source	Asynchronous	FIPA	No	Yes	Un­known [11]

Notes

1. A modified version of the OSI approved BSD License