--- title: Announcing Firebase Genkit 1.0 for Node.js | daily.dev description: Firebase Genkit for Node.js has reached version 1.0 and is now production-ready, following its preview at Google I/O 2024. The open-source framework helps... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-genkit-1-0-for-node-js-gdorrnxz1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing Firebase Genkit 1.0 for Node.js | daily.dev og:description: Firebase Genkit for Node.js has reached version 1.0 and is now production-ready, following its preview at Google I/O 2024. The open-source framework helps... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-genkit-1-0-for-node-js-gdorrnxz1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gDOrrNXz1.png og:image:alt: Announcing Firebase Genkit 1.0 for Node.js og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing Firebase Genkit 1.0 for Node.js **[Firebase](https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-blog)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Firebase Genkit for Node.js has reached version 1.0 and is now production-ready, following its preview at Google I/O 2024. The open-source framework helps developers integrate AI-powered agents, automations, and features into apps, with out-of-the-box support for Gemini, Imagen, and Anthropic models via Vertex, plus community plugins for OpenAI, GitHub, and self-hosted models like Gemma, Llama, and DeepSeek through Ollama. Genkit 1.0 stabilizes core primitives (unified generation API, structured generation, tool/function calling, vector search/RAG), adds built-in developer tooling (CLI, local Developer UI, tracing, evaluation), and offers production monitoring dashboards in the Firebase Console. Beta features for building agentive apps include a multi-turn Chat API, shared session state, and multi-agent systems, accessible via the genkit/beta namespace. Genkit for Go remains in alpha. A migration guide is available for upgrading from Genkit 0.9 to 1.0. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Firebase Genkit for Node.js production-ready now? Yes, Genkit for Node.js reached version 1.0 and is considered production-ready, following a preview shown at Google I/O 2024. It stabilizes core primitives like the unified generation API, structured generation, tool/function calling, and vector search for RAG. Genkit for Go, by contrast, remains in alpha rather than production-ready status. _Developers deciding whether to build production AI features on Genkit can track framework maturity signals on daily.dev._ ### How do I migrate my app from Genkit 0.9 to Genkit 1.0? A dedicated migration guide is provided in the Genkit documentation to help developers upgrade from Genkit 0.9 to the 1.0 release. The 1.0 release stabilizes core primitives, and newer capabilities like the Chat API, session state, and multi-agent systems live under a separate genkit/beta namespace rather than the stable package. _Teams planning framework upgrades can follow migration guidance for tools like Genkit on daily.dev._ ### What AI models does Firebase Genkit support out of the box? Genkit offers built-in support for Google's Gemini and Imagen models, plus Anthropic models via Vertex AI. Community plugins extend support to OpenAI and GitHub-hosted models, and an Ollama integration lets developers run self-hosted open models such as Gemma, Llama, and DeepSeek. _Developers comparing model support across AI frameworks like Genkit can follow ecosystem updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google's Genkit Ships Agents API with Detached Turns and Human-in-the-Loop for TypeScript and Go](https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-genkit-ships-agents-api-with-detached-turns-and-human-in-the-loop-for-typescript-and-go-rhvlsvox2) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Build Agentic Apps with Angular, Genkit and Kendo UI: Part 1](https://daily.dev/posts/build-agentic-apps-with-angular-genkit-and-kendo-ui-part-1-8hdcrhiff) · Telerik · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Build agentic full-stack apps with Genkit](https://daily.dev/posts/build-agentic-full-stack-apps-with-genkit-ckpxki271) · Google Developers · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Firebase \+ Genkit: How I Actually Brought AI Into My Mobile App \(Without Losing My Mind\)](https://daily.dev/posts/firebase-genkit-how-i-actually-brought-ai-into-my-mobile-app-without-losing-my-mind--ta6av8kvz) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#firebase](https://daily.dev/tags/firebase) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-genkit-1-0-for-node-js-gdorrnxz1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Announcing Firebase Genkit 1.0 for Node.js","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-genkit-1-0-for-node-js-gdorrnxz1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-firebase-genkit-1-0-for-node-js-gdorrnxz1"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:17:55.564Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:25:48.236Z","description":"Firebase Genkit for Node.js has reached version 1.0 and is now production-ready, following its preview at Google I/O 2024. 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