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OpenHands
An open-source software-development agent available locally, in a managed cloud, and as a self-hosted enterprise deployment.
Visit OpenHands ↗Verified ·Aug 31, 2026
- Best for
- Developers and organizations that want one agent across local CLI, web, IDE, cloud, and private deployment paths.
- Avoid if
- You need inline autocomplete or want to avoid evaluating separate core and enterprise license terms.
01 / Editorial view
Where it fits
Strengths
- Local, managed-cloud, and private deployment choices
- Broad repository-host integration
- CLI, web, headless, and IDE access
Limitations
- Windows local setup requires WSL
- The enterprise edition is commercial and not part of the open-source repository
02 / Workflow
Surfaces and capabilities
- Autocomplete
- No
- Chat
- Yes
- Agent
- Yes
- Background agent
- Yes
- Review
- Yes
- Testing
- Yes
Editors
VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Zed through ACP
Operating systems
macOS, Windows through WSL, Linux
Repository hosts
GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Languages
Language-agnostic
Bring your own key
Yes
Bring your own model
Yes
03 / Cost and deployment
What it costs to run
Individual
Run locally for free with separate model costs, or use OpenHands Cloud's free individual tier with at-cost provider usage.
Team
No self-serve paid team tier is published; teams use shared workspaces or Enterprise.
Enterprise
Contact All Hands AI for self-hosted or private-cloud deployment.
The OpenHands model provider states that model usage is passed through without markup.
04 / Privacy
Data handling
- Code processing
- Local, Cloud, and Enterprise deployment options create different data boundaries; local runs can use operator-selected model providers.
- Indexing
- Unknown
- Retention
- Unknown
- Training policy
- Unknown
- Enterprise controls
- Self-hosted or private cloud, SSO, RBAC, Container sandbox, Bring your own LLM
05 / Evidence
Primary sources
- OpenHands CLI quick start ↗Checked Aug 31, 2026classification, classification.interfaces, compatibility, capabilities
- OpenHands Cloud and local modes ↗Checked Aug 31, 2026deployment, pricing, privacy
- OpenHands Enterprise ↗Checked Aug 31, 2026classification.audience, compatibility.repository_hosts, privacy.enterprise_controls, pricing.enterprise
- OpenHands license ↗Checked Aug 31, 2026deployment.license, deployment.open_source
- OpenHands model providers ↗Checked Aug 31, 2026models.supported_models, pricing.notes
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