# Pi vs OpenHands (slim)

> OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Pi's 68.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Pi's 68.4 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harness.

- Pi: B 68.4, rank #170 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/earendil-pi.min.md
- OpenHands: BB 70.8, rank #120 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.min.md
- Pi, good for Developers and pipelines that want a small, scriptable coding agent they can extend in TypeScript and drive over JSONL or RPC, inside their own container. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card.
- 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 75; Security & auth, 66 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Pi | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Pi | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Earendil | All Hands AI |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Popularity | 113k stars, 5.2M npm/wk | 90k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |