OpenHands

## Editorial notes

OpenHands is useful when Claude-adjacent teams want an open, full-stack software-development agent environment rather than only an editor extension or a small CLI. It combines a local GUI, CLI, Software Agent SDK, agent server, terminal and browser tools, confirmation mode, sandbox providers, repository workflows, and hosted cloud or enterprise options.

This is distinct from existing entries. Claude Code, Aider, Cline, Roo Code, Continue, Cursor, Windsurf, Replit Agent, Devin, and mini-SWE-agent cover narrower coding-assistant, editor, commercial-agent, or minimal CLI workflows. LangGraph, Agno, Pydantic AI, CrewAI, AutoGen, and DSPy cover general agent-framework or language-model programming patterns. OpenHands sits closer to a software-engineering agent platform with a local GUI, SDK, agent server, sandboxing model, browser and terminal surfaces, and optional hosted collaboration workflows.

## Source notes

- The official README describes OpenHands as an AI-driven development project and lists multiple ways to use it: Software Agent SDK, CLI, local GUI, Cloud, and Enterprise.
- The README says the SDK is a composable Python library that powers the other OpenHands surfaces, and that agents can run locally or at larger cloud scale.
- The README says the CLI is a familiar coding-agent interface, while the local GUI provides a REST API and React application for running agents on a laptop.
- The docs introduction describes Agent Canvas, OpenHands Cloud, OpenHands Enterprise, the Software Agent SDK, legacy CLI and local GUI paths, and integrations such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, Jira, and Linear.
- The key-features documentation describes chat, changes, embedded VS Code, terminal, app preview, and browser tabs.
- The confirmation-mode documentation describes Confirmation Mode and Security Analyzers, including high-risk action prompts and analyzer-based risk assessment.
- The sandbox documentation defines sandboxes as the place where OpenHands runs commands, edits files, and starts servers; it lists Docker as the recommended local provider, process execution as unsafe but fast, and remote sandboxing for managed setups.
- The SDK documentation describes Python and REST APIs for agents that work with code, including tools for shell commands, file editing, web browsing, MCP integration, and remote agent-server execution.
- The repository license says content outside `enterprise/` is available under MIT, while the enterprise directory has separate licensing.

## Duplicate check

Checked current `content/tools/`, `content/mcp/`, agents, hooks, rules, skills, commands, guides, open pull requests, live issue state, and repository-wide content for `OpenHands`, `Open Hands`, `OpenDevin`, `opendevin`, `all-hands`, `openhands.dev`, `docs.openhands.dev`, `github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands`, `Software Agent SDK`, `Agent Canvas`, and `CodeActAgent`. Existing Claude Code, Aider, Cline, Roo Code, Continue, Cursor, Windsurf, Replit Agent, Devin, mini-SWE-agent, LangGraph, Agno, Pydantic AI, CrewAI, AutoGen, and DSPy entries are adjacent, but no dedicated OpenHands tools entry, OpenHands source URL duplicate, or open duplicate PR was found.

## Disclosure

Editorial listing. No paid placement or affiliate link is used. OpenHands includes MIT-licensed local/core project code, source-available enterprise code, and hosted commercial options.