OpenHands
Open-source AI coding agent platform for autonomous software development
Founded
N/A
Starting Price
Free
Category
AI Coding Assistants
Last updated March 14, 2026
About OpenHands
OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is an open-source platform for building and deploying AI coding agents that can autonomously write code, run commands, browse the web, and interact with APIs. Designed as a cloud-native software engineering assistant, OpenHands enables developers and teams to automate complex development tasks — from bug fixes and code reviews to test generation, documentation, and legacy code refactoring. The platform is model-agnostic, supporting any LLM backend, and deploys in secure sandboxed environments via Docker or Kubernetes. With over 65,000 GitHub stars and $18.8M in funding, OpenHands is the leading open-source AI coding agent, consistently ranking at the top of SWE-bench benchmarks with a 72% resolution rate.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Fully open source under MIT license with massive community (65K+ stars)
- Model-agnostic — not locked into a single LLM provider
- Free cloud tier lets you try without infrastructure setup
- Top-tier benchmark performance (72% on SWE-bench Verified)
- Flexible deployment: local, cloud, or self-hosted in VPC
Key Features
Autonomous AI coding agent that writes, tests, and debugs code
Model-agnostic — works with Claude, GPT-4, open-source LLMs, and more
Secure sandboxed execution in Docker or Kubernetes environments
Built-in web browser, shell, editor, and task planner
Git-native with GitHub and GitLab integrations
72% resolution rate on SWE-bench Verified benchmark
Open source with MIT license and 65K+ GitHub stars
Automated code review and PR summarization
Use case
Bug fixing and issue resolution
Use case
Pricing
Open Source
Free
- Full OpenHands agent locally
- MIT licensed
- Community support
- Single-user design
- Bring your own LLM key
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