DevUI for production

[wigging]

Agent Framework provides a DevUI app for chatting with agents. The DevUI README says it is not for production environments. But why is it not recommended for production? If it's not for production then what else can I use? Are there any apps like DevUI that I can use in a production environment and that have support for agents and MCP tools?

[pratikrath126]

Great question! The DevUI is designed as a local development tool - it runs as a standalone Python app with no authentication, minimal security, and is meant for quick testing. For production, you'd want a proper web app with auth, logging, scalability, and integration with your infra.

Typical production alternatives:

• Build your own frontend using the Agent Framework SDKs (they provide the core runtime)
• Deploy the agents as APIs (Azure OpenAI, etc.) and build a custom UI
• Use third-party agent platforms that support MCP (like some in the LLM tooling ecosystem)
• Wait for Microsoft to release a production-ready UI (might be planned)

You can also self-host DevUI behind authentication (like Azure AD) but it's still not officially supported for prod. Check the repo issues - there may be discussions about production UI options.