Open Source C# AI Agents

Conversation as a platform (CaaP) is the future, so it's perfect that we're already offering the whole toolkits to our .NET developers using the BotSharp AI BOT Platform Builder to build a CaaP. It opens up as much learning power as possible for your own robots and precisely control every step of the AI processing pipeline. BotSharp is an open source machine learning framework for AI Bot platform builder. This project involves natural language understanding, computer vision and audio processing technologies, and aims to promote the development and application of intelligent robot assistants in information systems. Out-of-the-box machine learning algorithms allow ordinary programmers to develop artificial intelligence applications faster and easier. It's written in C# running on .Net Core that is full cross-platform framework. C# is a enterprise-grade programming language which is widely used to code business logic in information management-related system.

OpenMonoAgent.ai is a self-hosted coding agent designed to run entirely on the user’s own hardware. It pairs a .NET CLI with a local llama.cpp inference server so developers can use agentic coding workflows without cloud subscriptions or per-token billing. The project emphasizes privacy, local control, and ownership of the model, compute, and project data. It includes a terminal-native workflow, built-in tools, Docker sandboxing, and code intelligence features. The system can run on CPU or GPU and is designed to auto-configure itself when possible. OpenMonoAgent.ai is best suited for developers who want a local AI development stack with no API keys, no cloud dependency, and no telemetry.

Semantic Kernel is an open-source SDK that lets you easily combine AI services like OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and Hugging Face with conventional programming languages like C# and Python. By doing so, you can create AI apps that combine the best of both worlds. To help developers build their own Copilot experiences on top of AI plugins, we have released Semantic Kernel, a lightweight open-source SDK that allows you to orchestrate AI plugins. With Semantic Kernel, you can leverage the same AI orchestration patterns that power Microsoft 365 Copilot and Bing in your own apps, while still leveraging your existing development skills and investments.