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OpenHands
MIT-licensed open agent platform (formerly OpenDevin) from All Hands AI: Python Software Agent SDK and agent server, the OpenHands CLI, and Agent Canvas, a browser control center that runs OpenHands or other ACP agents on local, Docker, VM, or OpenHands Cloud backends.
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OpenHands/OpenHands v1.33.0 released 2026-10-23 (five releases 10/22-10/23); main repo now hosts 'Agent Canvas'; old Docker Local GUI deprecated. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agents
Where it stands apart
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? ACP (Agent Client Protocol) (14% of 21 others)
- Where do you primarily use it? in a browser (a local web UI, a web app, or a cloud service) (5% of 21 others)
- Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? both (5% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (71% of 21 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (52% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (71% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? yes, documented (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
- When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Cline 71% of 17 shared answers match
- OpenCode 71% of 17 shared answers match
- Zed 71% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active v1.33.0 on 2026-10-23. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT (GitHub license API); OpenHands Enterprise is a separate commercial license for self-hosting. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads OpenHands Cloud and Enterprise are commercial. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Backend runs on your machine by default; local LLMs supported. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | optional account Local app with any LLM key; OpenHands Cloud login optional. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart ACP (Agent Client Protocol) Agent Canvas hosts ACP agents and its CLI is an ACP agent; also MCP and AGENTS.md. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | stands apart in a browser (a local web UI, a web app, or a cloud service) Agent Canvas is a browser UI (usually served locally at localhost); also a terminal CLI and OpenHands Cloud web app. Poll can't express 'local web UI'. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | both are first-class Local edits via CLI/Canvas; Cloud works from GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket issues and opens PRs; automations run in background. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) Any provider via LiteLLM, OpenHands LLM key, or an ACP agent's subscription login. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | yes, documented 'Run Local LLMs with OpenHands': LM Studio, Ollama, vLLM, SGLang. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | asks before edits and before commands CLI: 'Default: ask for confirmation on each action'; --always-approve/--yolo to skip. Agent Canvas default not stated. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions Agent Canvas npm install runs directly on your machine (full filesystem access); Docker or Cloud sandboxes are opt-in. The earlier Docker-sandboxed Local GUI is deprecated, a notable shift. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes MCP settings page and SDK MCP guide. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, AGENTS.md is its main instructions file Repository context is AGENTS.md at repo root, plus OpenHands skills. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | stands apart both CLI runs as an ACP agent ('openhands acp' for Zed/JetBrains/VS Code); Agent Canvas hosts ACP agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Pi, OpenCode). | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) Provider key, or paid OpenHands Cloud / OpenHands LLM key. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenHands/OpenHands-CLI/main/README.md · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.openhands.dev/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/overview.md · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.openhands.dev/overview/skills/repo.md · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · openhands.dev/ · read 2026-10-25
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