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OpenHands
An open-source agent platform with Agent Canvas for local or remote backends, a coding SDK, managed cloud access, and enterprise deployment.
- Best for
- Developers and organizations choosing between local Agent Canvas, managed cloud, and private agent infrastructure.
- 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
- Agent Canvas and SDK access, with an existing CLI maintained for stability
Limitations
- The legacy local GUI is deprecated; Agent Canvas is the maintained browser client.
- The CLI is feature-complete and maintained primarily for stability; its Windows setup requires WSL.
- Check licenses per component; Enterprise capabilities are commercial.
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 (Agent Canvas; CLI requires 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
The public pricing page lists Individual and custom Enterprise plans; organizations should confirm their deployment and usage terms.
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 current components and legacy project status ↗Checked Sep 22, 2026classification, deployment, privacy.code_processing
- OpenHands CLI quick start ↗Checked Sep 22, 2026classification, classification.interfaces, compatibility, capabilities
- OpenHands pricing and deployment plans ↗Checked Sep 22, 2026pricing, deployment, models, classification.audience
- OpenHands Enterprise ↗Checked Sep 22, 2026classification.audience, compatibility.repository_hosts, privacy.enterprise_controls, pricing.enterprise
- OpenHands license ↗Checked Sep 22, 2026deployment.license, deployment.open_source
- OpenHands model providers ↗Checked Sep 22, 2026models.supported_models, pricing.notes
- Agent Canvas setup and backend architecture ↗Checked Sep 22, 2026compatibility.operating_systems, capabilities, deployment, models
Changelog
What changed
- September review clarifies billing and deployment pathsSep 22, 2026The September 22 review clarifies Codex API-key billing, Tabnine inference charges, and the maintained OpenHands components to use in a new trial.
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