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Haystack Agents

by deepset

End-to-end NLP framework with agent capabilities

Haystack is an open-source NLP framework for building production-ready applications with LLMs, transformers, and vector search. Its agent system enables complex decision-making and tool use within flexible pipeline architectures.

Ease of Use
7/10
Community
8/10
Performance
8/10
Documentation
8/10

🎯 Key Features

Pipeline-based architecture

Agent nodes with tools

Conversational agents

Custom component creation

Production deployment tools

Evaluation framework

REST API generation

Document stores

Strengths

Mature and production-tested

Excellent pipeline flexibility

Strong NLP capabilities

Good evaluation tools

Enterprise support available

REST API generation

Limitations

Steeper learning curve

More complex setup

Pipeline paradigm can be verbose

Smaller agent-specific community

Best For

  • NLP-heavy applications
  • Production RAG systems
  • Custom pipeline requirements
  • Teams needing evaluation tools
  • Enterprise deployments

Not Recommended For

  • Simple chatbots
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Beginners to NLP
  • Non-pipeline architectures