# Crush vs OpenHands (slim)

> OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- OpenHands: BB 70.8, rank #153 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where OpenHands loses 5 points for them.
- OpenHands, good for Teams that want to self-host a coding agent with a web UI, per-conversation Docker sandboxes and scheduled or webhook automations, or embed the agent through a Python SDK and REST API. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 54; Schema & documentation, 87 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 52; Security & auth, 66 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 55; Transparency & trust, 67 against 56. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.

| Category | Crush | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | All Hands AI |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 90k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (2) |