ByHeather MacAvelia·Last verified May 16, 2026

OpenHands

Name: OpenHands
Author: All Hands AI

★4.1/ 5

by All Hands AI

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Open-source autonomous software engineering agent that writes code, runs commands, and completes GitHub issues end-to-end. Free self-hosted (MIT), free cloud SaaS (BYOK), Enterprise custom. 73,700+ GitHub stars.

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free

GitHub

⭐ 73.7k

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MCP

⚡ Yes

Compatible

OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is an open-source platform for autonomous AI software agents built by All Hands AI. It enables AI agents to act as full software engineers: writing code, running terminal commands, browsing the web for documentation, interacting with APIs, and submitting pull requests. Given a GitHub issue or task description, OpenHands plans and executes the full solution autonomously. 73,700+ GitHub stars as of May 2026. The agent operates in a sandboxed Docker environment with access to terminal, code editor, browser, and file system. It can install dependencies, run test suites, debug failures, and iterate until the task is complete, replicating the workflow of a human developer. OpenHands supports Claude (Anthropic), GPT-4o (OpenAI), Gemini, and open-source models including Llama and Qwen. Three deployment options: Open Source (free, local, unlimited conversations, full MIT license); Individual SaaS at app.all-hands.dev (free, BYOK or at-cost model pricing, GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket integration, Jira and Slack integration, capped at 10 conversations per day); Enterprise (custom pricing, self-hosted VPC option, Agent Control Plane, unlimited concurrent conversations, Large Codebase SDK, SAML/SSO, priority support). Enterprise was formally launched May 2026 with OpenHands Automations now generally available. Integration depth is write-level into the codebase: OpenHands reads the repository, makes changes across multiple files, runs tests, and creates pull requests. Cloud plans add Jira and Slack workflow integrations. MCP support is included across plans. Who OpenHands is not for: teams needing unsupervised production deployment without strong code review should proceed carefully, as OpenHands can produce incorrect or partial solutions on ambiguous requirements. Teams requiring enterprise SLAs on a budget should note Enterprise is custom pricing only. Teams not comfortable managing model API costs or prompt engineering will find the Individual free tier limiting at 10 conversations per day.

Pricing

free · Free

Segment

b2b

Setup

moderate

Verified

May 16, 2026

Transparency

Partial

Contract

Month-to-month

Data training

Trained

Autonomy

Human Optional

Capabilities

agentic-codingterminal-agentautonomousopen-sourcebyokweb-search

Pros & Limitations

Editorial assessment

Pros

✓Full autonomous software engineering loop: reads issues, writes code, runs tests, debugs failures, and submits PRs without per-step human direction, handling the complete implementation workflow for well-scoped tasks
✓Open source with MIT license and BYOK model support: self-host on your own infrastructure with your choice of Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, or open-source models, with zero vendor lock-in and full code transparency
✓73,700+ GitHub stars and active research community: consistently benchmarked on SWE-bench with published results, giving teams objective performance data not available from most commercial coding agents

Limitations

⚠Requires careful task scoping and human review: OpenHands works best on bounded, well-specified issues and can produce incorrect or partial solutions on ambiguous requirements, making unsupervised production deployment risky without strong code review processes
⚠Individual SaaS capped at 10 conversations per day: the free cloud tier limits throughput for teams running multiple concurrent issues, and Enterprise custom pricing is the only path to unlimited usage without self-hosting
⚠Self-hosting adds infrastructure overhead: running OpenHands at team scale requires Docker management, compute provisioning, and API key management that adds operational work compared to fully managed commercial alternatives

Technical Details

Deployment

cloud

Avg setup timeCloud: < 5 minutes (app.all-hands.dev, connect GitHub). Self-hosted: 30-60 minutes (Docker setup, model API key configuration)

Autonomous rateOpenHands autonomously completes software engineering tasks end-to-end: writes code, runs tests, debugs failures, and submits PRs without per-step human approval once the issue or task is assigned. The agent iterates until completion or until it reaches a defined stopping condition.

MCP compatibleYes

Integrations

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