OpenHands
by All Hands AI
Open-source autonomous coding agent platform. Spins up a sandboxed dev environment, ships PRs end to end.
Agents
OpenHands
Added 17 May 2026
Overview
OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is the leading open-source attempt at a Devin-style autonomous coding agent. It runs in a sandboxed container with a browser, a terminal, and a code editor, and can pick up a task, plan, code, run tests, and open a pull request. Self-host it, BYO model, no per-task vendor pricing.
Best for
Best for
Teams who want a real autonomous coding agent and can run their own infra
Use cases
- Run an autonomous agent on a backlog issue in an isolated sandbox
- Self-host a Devin alternative for compliance reasons
- Experiment with autonomous coding loops on your own infra
- Plug into CI for nightly maintenance and triage runs
Notes
Why it matters
OpenHands is the open-source bet that autonomous coding agents will look more like containers than copilots. Anyone can run it, fork it, and inspect its loop end to end.
How teams use it in production
Wire it to a labelled issue trigger and let it pick up well-scoped tasks overnight. Review the PR in the morning. Discard or merge.
What to watch
The gap between OpenHands and Devin on real tasks is the live benchmark to follow for anyone choosing between hosted and self-hosted autonomous coding.
Pros
- Most credible open-source answer to Devin today
- Full sandbox with browser, terminal, editor
- BYO model, no per-task vendor markup
- Active project with frequent releases
Cons
- Self-hosting is real ops work, not a one-click
- Quality bounded by the model and the sandbox's tool ergonomics
- Autonomous loops still need careful task scoping
Pairs with
Other entries in the index that connect to this one. Click through to see the chain.
Aider
Paul Gauthier
Terminal-first AI pair programmer. Edits files in your repo, commits with sensible messages, runs your tests.
Claude Code
Anthropic
Anthropic's terminal-native coding agent. Reads your repo, edits files, runs tests, ships PRs.
Cline
Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent that lives inside VS Code. BYO model key, watch it work.
OpenAI Codex (CLI + cloud agent)
OpenAI
OpenAI's coding agent surface: terminal CLI for local work, cloud agent for parallel autonomous tasks.
Cursor
Anysphere
The AI-first code editor. Tab to autocomplete, Composer to multi-file refactor, Agents for the long-running stuff.
Devin
Cognition Labs
The autonomous software engineer. Plan, write, test, and ship in a sandboxed cloud workstation.
mediar-ai/screenpipe
Various
YC (S26) | AI that knows what you've seen, said, or heard. Records everything you do, say, hear 24/7, local, private, secure
brood-box
Community
CLI tool for running coding agents inside hardware-isolated microVMs
Claude Engineer
Community
Claude Engineer is an interactive command-line interface (CLI) that leverages the power of Anthropic's Claude-3.5-Sonnet model to assist with software development tasks.This framew
e2b
Community
Open-source, secure environment with real-world tools for enterprise-grade agents.
Exa
Various
The Exa Web search API retrieves the best, realtime data from the web for your AI
moltbook
Various
A social network built exclusively for AI agents. Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
Sauna
Various
The AI that learns how you work, remembers everything that matters, and acts on it for you and your whole team.
Wren AI
Various
Give AI agents the context to query business data correctly through the open context layer that gives AI agents grounded, governed memory, context, SQL across 20+ data sources, t
Cursor Background Agent
Anysphere
Cloud-based async coding agent that clones your repo, works on a branch, and ships a PR while you keep coding.
Devin
Cognition Labs
The autonomous software engineer. Plan, write, test, and ship in a sandboxed cloud workstation.
Claude Code
Various
Anthropic's agentic coding tool for developers. Claude Code understands your codebase, edits files, runs commands, and helps you ship faster.
MetaGPT
Various
🌟 The Multi-Agent Framework: First AI Software Company, Towards Natural Language Programming
OpenClaw
Various
OpenClaw — The AI that actually does things. Your personal assistant on any platform.
Pi
Various
A personalized AI platform available as a digital assistant.
Vanna.ai
Various
Build AI agents that ship to production. User-scoped execution, rich UI components, and quota management built-in.