# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs OpenHands (slim)

> OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) to DeepSeek Harness's 49.2 (D) 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 DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.2, rank #909 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- OpenHands: BB 70.8, rank #153 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.min.md
- DeepSeek Harness (dsh), good for Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK. Also Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5.
- 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 33; Schema & documentation, 87 against 77; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 68; Security & auth, 66 against 40; Maintenance & community, 85 against 71; Transparency & trust, 67 against 50. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | All Hands AI |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 90k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (2) |