{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "emdash", "name": "Emdash", "vendor": "General Action, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://emdash.sh", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Emdash is an open-source desktop app that runs coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Amp in parallel, each in its own Git worktree, locally or on remote machines over SSH, with issue intake and pull requests.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/emdash.json", "dns": "emdash.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/generalaction/emdash", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source. You pay for the coding agents it runs, through your own subscriptions or API keys (checked 2026-11-07).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol in the repository or README (checked 2026-11-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://emdash.sh/docs", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "apache-2.0", "desktop-app", "telemetry", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.9, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 927, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 35, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 60, "reliability": 55, "schema": 55, "security": 38, "transparency": 54 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A mature open-source app for parallel coding agents in Git worktrees, with issue intake from a dozen trackers and remote machines over SSH. Telemetry is on unless you turn it off, and no test workflow was found in the repository.", "bestFor": "Developers who want parallel agents in worktrees, fed from their issue tracker, locally or over SSH.", "strengths": [ "Each task in its own Git worktree and branch", "Issues from Linear, GitHub, Jira, GitLab, Asana and more go straight to an agent", "Works on remote machines over SSH", "Apache 2.0, version 1.2, with macOS, Windows and Linux builds" ], "weaknesses": [ "Telemetry on unless turned off in Settings or with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false", "No test workflow found, only consistency and release workflows", "No security policy file" ], "agentNotes": [ "Launch with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false if you don't want telemetry", "Use the SSH mode to keep agents on a remote machine" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 60, "reliability": 55, "schema": 55, "security": 38, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 40, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-07", "maintenance": "2026-11-07", "payments": "2026-11-07", "reliability": "2026-11-07", "schema": "2026-11-07", "security": "2026-11-07", "transparency": "2026-11-07" }, "last": "2026-11-07", "oldest": "2026-11-07", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "brew install --cask emdash" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/emdash" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "General Action, Inc.", "domain": "emdash.sh", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "The licence names General Action, Inc.. The repository is github.com/generalaction/emdash." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash.json", "live": { "slug": "emdash", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://emdash.sh/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:15.230445185Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:15.230445185Z" } }, "answer": "OpenHands scores 70.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Emdash's 53.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "openhands", "name": "OpenHands", "vendor": "All Hands AI", "vendorUrl": "https://openhands.dev", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Open-source coding agent with a self-hosted web interface, local and remote execution, and scheduled or webhook-driven automation.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openhands.json", "dns": "openhands.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands", "license": "MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openhands/agent-canvas" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openhands-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openhands-agent-server" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/openhands/agent-canvas" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Local installs bind to 127.0.0.1 and inject a session key into the page. Public mode (`--public`) needs `LOCAL_BACKEND_API_KEY`, sent as `X-Session-API-Key` on every API call. Model credentials are your own provider keys or an OpenHands LLM key, and OpenHands Cloud has its own sign-in and API keys.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Agent Canvas, the SDK and the Agent Server are free and MIT. Teams is $500 a month for up to 10 users (plus $50 a month a seat), self-hosted, with a 30-day trial and a cap of 5,000 sessions a month. Enterprise is priced by sales. The OpenHands LLM provider bills model calls at provider rates with no markup per the docs, and two DeepSeek models are free on app.all-hands.dev.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the source (checked 2026-10-01).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 89800, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.openhands.dev", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenHands/docs/main/openapi/agent-sdk.json", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "self-hosted", "hosted", "freemium", "python", "typescript", "docker", "openapi", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 206, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 60, "reliability": 90, "schema": 90, "security": 64, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": -7, "negativeNotes": [ "Current behaviour, re-checked 2026-11-01. Agent Canvas sends a `canvas_install` event with platform, user agent, referrer and origin to PostHog through OpenHands' proxy at z.openhands.dev on first use, \"regardless of consent\", and the consent banner's box is ticked by default. The source comment says the proxy is there to get past ad blockers, and no user-facing doc mentions the early event. Undisclosed telemetry, -3. https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/blob/main/src/services/telemetry.ts", "2026-03-23. GHSA-7h8w-hj9j-8rjw (CVE-2026-33718, 7.6 in the advisory, 9.9 at NVD), command injection through the `path` parameter of the git diff endpoint let an authenticated user run commands in the agent sandbox. Fixed in 1.5.0 and published, over seven months old, -1. https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/security/advisories/GHSA-7h8w-hj9j-8rjw", "2026-08-06. CVE-2026-19022 (6.3), command injection in `initialize_repo` in the pull request resolver of OpenHands 0.62.0 and earlier, the V0 line the V1 rewrite replaced. No GitHub advisory found, -1. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19022", "2026-10-26. CVE-2026-112346 (CVSS 3.1 9.8, published by VulnCheck). Before SDK 1.52.0 the DockerWorkspace and Apptainer launchers bound the sandbox Agent Server to 0.0.0.0 with no session key, so anyone who could reach the published port could run shell commands as root in the sandbox and read its secrets. Fixed on 3 October (commit 7b66584, \"publish Docker ports on loopback\") and released in 1.52.0 on 5 October. Fixed, inside six months, -2. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112346" ], "verdict": "A self-hosted coding agent with a typed SDK, an Agent Server API and a Docker container per conversation on request. Agent Canvas still starts with confirmation off on the host's filesystem, sends an install event before asking consent, and a critical SDK sandbox flaw fixed in October was published by a third party.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "A Docker container per conversation with `OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker`, each with its own Agent Server", "Typed Python SDK and an Agent Server REST API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, plus a TypeScript client", "Confirmation policies (always, never, at or above a risk level) with LLM, Invariant and GraySwan risk analysers", "Any model through LiteLLM, local ones included, and MCP over stdio, SSE and streamable HTTP with OAuth", "29 Agent Canvas and 33 SDK releases from 3 August to 28 October 2026, and the SDK kept its stated removal deadline on 28 October" ], "weaknesses": [ "Confirmation mode is off by default in Agent Canvas, and the npm install gives the agent the host's whole filesystem", "One anonymous install event goes to PostHog before the consent prompt, whose opt-in box is pre-ticked", "CVE-2026-112346 (9.8), an unauthenticated sandbox server in SDK workspaces before 1.52.0, was published by VulnCheck with no OpenHands advisory found", "openhands.dev's security.txt expired on 28 October 2026, and the Canvas CHANGELOG.md stops at 1.0.0-alpha.2", "The privacy policy (3 September 2025) allows training on Cloud content and gives no retention period" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `AGENT_CANVAS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start", "Start Canvas with `OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker` or use the Docker image. The npm install runs the agent on the host", "Turn on confirmation mode with a risk threshold. Canvas starts with it off", "Pin openhands-sdk and openhands-workspace at 1.52.0 or later so DockerWorkspace binds to loopback, and set `OH_SESSION_API_KEYS_0` on any reachable Agent Server", "Use the SDK or the Agent Server API for headless runs. The `openhands --headless` CLI is no longer maintained" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 60, "reliability": 90, "schema": 90, "security": 64, "transparency": 67 }, "provenanceScore": 67, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-01", "maintenance": "2026-11-01", "payments": "2026-11-01", "reliability": "2026-11-01", "schema": "2026-11-01", "security": "2026-11-01", "transparency": "2026-11-01" }, "last": "2026-11-01", "lastMoved": "2026-11-01", "oldest": "2026-11-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @openhands/agent-canvas # Node 24+ and uv; or: pip install openhands-sdk openhands-tools", "headless": { "env": { "DO_NOT_TRACK": "1", "LLM_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "LLM_MODEL": "\u003cprovider/model\u003e" }, "sdk": "pip install openhands-sdk openhands-tools", "server": "OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker AGENT_CANVAS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 agent-canvas --backend-only" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openhands" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "All Hands AI", "domain": "openhands.dev", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://openhands.dev/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-11-01", "notes": [ "The privacy policy (effective 3 September 2025, re-read on 1 November 2026) names All Hands AI, 24 Oak Street, Unit 2, Cambridge, MA 02139. We found no terms of service link on the pricing or privacy pages.", "openhands.dev/.well-known/security.txt lists security@openhands.dev and a responsible-disclosure policy, and expired on 2026-10-28T17:00Z (re-read on 1 November 2026). The policy page still loads.", "The SDK's LLM proxy still runs on llm-proxy.app.all-hands.dev, the company's older domain, and the free models are served from app.all-hands.dev.", "We didn't check for a status page or the domain's registration date." ], "score": 67 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.json", "live": { "slug": "openhands", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "OpenHands/OpenHands", "version": "v1.37.0", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:52:55.644351263Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openhands/agent-canvas", "version": "1.37.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:52:52.704356412Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openhands-agent-server", "version": "1.60.2", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:52:53.780155639Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openhands-sdk", "version": "1.60.2", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:52:53.629791716Z" } ], "githubStars": 92836, "npmWeekly": 5706, "pypiWeekly": 728008, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://openhands.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-10-28T17:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:03.79870525Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:31.427453135Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "openhands.dev", "registered": "2025-07-23", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/openhands.dev", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:07:01.187961218Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://openhands.dev/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:15:28.234719589Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T14:15:28.234719589Z", "fingerprint": "67ba1787cd6e" } ], "github": { "repo": "openhands/openhands", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:13:34.825447563Z", "stars": 92484, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T09:06:28Z", "openIssues": 589, "openPRs": 593, "issuesOpened90d": 1107, "issuesClosed90d": 738, "prsMerged90d": 901, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 31, "failure": 13, "other": 6, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-11-02T08:56:24Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-7h8w-hj9j-8rjw", "cve": "CVE-2026-33718", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-03-23T17:51:58Z" } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:03.79870525Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 35, "category": "reliability", "leads": "openhands", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Local software. Homebrew cask and installers for macOS, Windows and Linux (20). A code-consistency check and release workflows; no test workflow found (10). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Stable tags to v1.2.11, release notes on GitHub (10). Version 1.2.11 (15). 20 + 10 + 0 + 10 + 15 = 55.", "b": "Read as a local package. Official npm package @openhands/agent-canvas (Node 24 or later, plus uv), a Docker image on GHCR and openhands-sdk on PyPI (Python 3.12 or later) (20). A CI workflow (ci.yml) runs on main beside desktop, Docker and end-to-end workflows; the runs passed on every load on 1 October, and GitHub's pages refused us on 1 November, so the award rests on that check (25). 456 open issues and 395 open pull requests with priority labels and a high-priority Cloud resume bug (#17664), per the 1 October check, not re-read on 1 November (18). Dated release notes for every Canvas version and a written SDK rule of at least five minor releases before a public API or REST contract is removed, which the SDK followed on 28 October when it dropped the ACP curated model lists at their stated 1.59.0 deadline, but the Canvas CHANGELOG.md still stops at 1.0.0-alpha.2 (12). Canvas is 1.34.0 and the SDK 1.59.0, and the README's beta badge was removed on 23 October 2026 (commit 4d1c4d1, noted in the 1.33.0 release notes), so the product is no longer labelled beta. Only the Apps extension API keeps a beta label (15)." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 90 } }, { "by": 35, "category": "schema", "leads": "openhands", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading. Docs site and a workspace server package (55).", "b": "The Agent Server REST API has an OpenAPI 3.1 spec in the docs repository (40 paths, still labelled 0.1.0), the Cloud API has another (155 paths), SDK models are Pydantic-typed and there's a TypeScript client (25). llms.txt at docs.openhands.dev (551 lines on 1 November), with no CLI, local GUI or V0 pages in it (10). The docs have a when-to-use page and examples of good and bad task instructions. On 23 October the Deprecated Projects group (local GUI, CLI, V0) was taken out of the navigation and links to it reworded towards Agent Canvas, though the pages stay reachable by URL and the SDK architecture page still links the CLI repository (15). Confirmation policies, security analysers and MCP configs are discriminated Pydantic unions with validators (13). SDK examples are checked by a CI workflow and there are troubleshooting pages, but we found no error reference for the Agent Server (12). Dated release notes for each Canvas version in the docs (1.25.0 to 1.34.0 added since 1 October), and release tags (15)." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 90 } }, { "by": 26, "category": "security", "leads": "openhands", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading. Telemetry is described as optional and disabled in Settings or with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false, which reads as on by default (15 of 30). Worktree per task and remote machines over SSH (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). No security policy file found (3). 15 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 38.", "b": "Harness reading of the framework checklist, as for goose and the other agent harnesses. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Agent Canvas still sends a `canvas_install` event to PostHog through z.openhands.dev on first use \"regardless of consent\" (telemetry.ts header, re-read on 1 November), and the consent banner's box is still `defaultChecked`. `AGENT_CANVAS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1`, `--disable-telemetry`, `VITE_DO_NOT_TRACK=1` or the browser's Do Not Track setting stops all of it, the last since 1.26.0 (15). Confirmation policies (always, never, at or above a risk level) and a Docker sandbox per conversation exist, but Canvas still starts with `confirmation_mode: false` and the npm install runs on the host with full filesystem access. No network egress controls found. Local listeners bind to 127.0.0.1 with an injected session key, and since SDK 1.52.0 (5 October) DockerWorkspace publishes its ports on loopback (12). LLM, Invariant and GraySwan risk analysers and a policy-rail module, documented, all advisory (11). Conversation event logs, completion logs and OpenTelemetry tracing through Laminar, with hosted Laminar setup documented on 16 October (13). Security programme. openhands.dev's security.txt expired on 28 October 2026 (re-read on 1 November), though the responsible-disclosure policy it names still loads. A Vanta-hosted trust page per the 1 October check, and the git diff injection published as an OpenHands advisory with a CVE. CVE-2026-112346, the SDK's unauthenticated sandbox server, was published by VulnCheck on 26 October with no OpenHands advisory found. No bug bounty found. 13, down from 15 for the expired file, read as shopware's and tokeneconomizer's expired files are (still credited for the policy behind them, less than a valid file)." }, "scores": { "a": 38, "b": 64 } }, { "by": 23, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "openhands", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading. Issue intake from Linear, GitHub, Jira and others, diff review, pull requests and CI checks in one place, local or over SSH (55).", "b": "Harness reading of the framework line, scored on what an agent or pipeline driving it has to supply. The default agent carries three tools (terminal, file editor, task tracker), and `filter_tools_regex` trims MCP tools before they reach the model (23). Stuck detection is on by default and a condenser compacts long histories, but Canvas leaves `max_iterations` unset and we found no cost cap (15). Headless runs go through the SDK, the Agent Server REST API or the Cloud API with typed events, and the old CLI's `--headless` mode is unmaintained (14). Conversations persist and resume, and a Docker conversation keeps its workspace and history when the container is replaced (16). Python SDK and TypeScript client, but the quickstart needs Node 24 and uv, and the defaults skip both confirmation and the sandbox (10)." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 78 } }, { "by": 15, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "openhands", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "v1.2.11 on 6 November 2026 (30). v1.2.9, v1.2.10 and v1.2.11 within two weeks (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current installers and Homebrew cask (15). Release workflows, no test CI (5). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 5 = 70.", "b": "Agent Canvas 1.34.0 on 2026-10-27 and SDK 1.59.0 on 2026-10-28, by the repository tags (30). 29 Canvas releases (1.9.0 on 3 August to 1.34.0) and 33 SDK releases (1.40.1 on 5 August to 1.59.0) in the 90 days from 3 August, not counting the security rebuild tags (20). Issues labelled by priority, but 456 open issues and 395 open pull requests and no visible reply times per the 1 October check; GitHub's pages refused us on 1 November (16). npm, PyPI and GHCR packages current per the 1 October check (the registries didn't answer from our shell on 1 November). The unmaintained `openhands` CLI is gone from the docs navigation and the pricing page but its pages remain (10). CI on main, Dependabot, a security scan and an API-breakage check on the SDK, and security rebuilds of older images (agent-canvas 1.23.0-r3, agent-server 1.49.5-r3, 29 October) (9)." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 85 } }, { "by": 13, "category": "transparency", "leads": "openhands", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Apache 2.0 (30). A telemetry page on the docs site (not read) (18 of 30). No deprecation policy (5). Disclosed with an opt-out (15 of 20). 30 + 18 + 5 + 15 = 68.", "b": "MIT across Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server (30). The privacy policy (effective 3 September 2025, re-read on 1 November) doesn't separate the open-source stack from the Cloud service, keeps data as long as reasonably necessary, allows training on content from the Services and has no subprocessor list (12). A written SDK deprecation runway of five minor releases, kept on 28 October when the ACP model lists were removed at their 1.59.0 deadline, and the CLI's unmaintained notice in its README without a date on the page (15). The consent prompt calls the data anonymous and the Docker page documents `AGENT_CANVAS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY`, but no user-facing page mentions the install event sent before consent (10)." }, "scores": { "a": 54, "b": 67 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "General Action, Inc.", "b": "All Hands AI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 35, "edge": "openhands", "emdash": 55, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openhands": 90, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "openhands", "emdash": 55, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openhands": 90, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 23, "edge": "openhands", "emdash": 55, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openhands": 78, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 26, "edge": "openhands", "emdash": 38, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openhands": 64, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "emdash": 60, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openhands": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "openhands", "emdash": 70, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openhands": 85, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "openhands", "emdash": 54, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openhands": 67, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenHands scores 70.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Emdash's 53.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "emdash": "A mature open-source app for parallel coding agents in Git worktrees, with issue intake from a dozen trackers and remote machines over SSH. Telemetry is on unless you turn it off, and no test workflow was found in the repository.", "openhands": "A self-hosted coding agent with a typed SDK, an Agent Server API and a Docker container per conversation on request. Agent Canvas still starts with confirmation off on the host's filesystem, sends an install event before asking consent, and a critical SDK sandbox flaw fixed in October was published by a third party." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-openhands", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-openhands.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-openhands.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-openhands.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenHands scores 70.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Emdash's 53.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Emdash: grade D, 53.9/100, rank #927 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/emdash.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/emdash.json\n- OpenHands: grade BB, 70.3/100, rank #206 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openhands.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Emdash (D)\n\nGood for: Developers who want parallel agents in worktrees, fed from their issue tracker, locally or over SSH.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- No incidents deducted, where OpenHands loses 7 points for them\n\nWatch for: Telemetry on unless turned off in Settings or with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false\n\n### OpenHands (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 55\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 38\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 70\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 54\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: Confirmation mode is off by default in Agent Canvas, and the npm install gives the agent the host's whole filesystem\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: OpenHands +35\n\n- Emdash (55): Local software. Homebrew cask and installers for macOS, Windows and Linux (20). A code-consistency check and release workflows; no test workflow found (10). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Stable tags to v1.2.11, release notes on GitHub (10). Version 1.2.11 (15). 20 + 10 + 0 + 10 + 15 = 55.\n- OpenHands (90): Read as a local package. Official npm package @openhands/agent-canvas (Node 24 or later, plus uv), a Docker image on GHCR and openhands-sdk on PyPI (Python 3.12 or later) (20). A CI workflow (ci.yml) runs on main beside desktop, Docker and end-to-end workflows; the runs passed on every load on 1 October, and GitHub's pages refused us on 1 November, so the award rests on that check (25). 456 open issues and 395 open pull requests with priority labels and a high-priority Cloud resume bug (#17664), per the 1 October check, not re-read on 1 November (18). Dated release notes for every Canvas version and a written SDK rule of at least five minor releases before a public API or REST contract is removed, which the SDK followed on 28 October when it dropped the ACP curated model lists at their stated 1.59.0 deadline, but the Canvas CHANGELOG.md still stops at 1.0.0-alpha.2 (12). Canvas is 1.34.0 and the SDK 1.59.0, and the README's beta badge was removed on 23 October 2026 (commit 4d1c4d1, noted in the 1.33.0 release notes), so the product is no longer labelled beta. Only the Apps extension API keeps a beta label (15).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: OpenHands +35\n\n- Emdash (55): Harness reading. Docs site and a workspace server package (55).\n- OpenHands (90): The Agent Server REST API has an OpenAPI 3.1 spec in the docs repository (40 paths, still labelled 0.1.0), the Cloud API has another (155 paths), SDK models are Pydantic-typed and there's a TypeScript client (25). llms.txt at docs.openhands.dev (551 lines on 1 November), with no CLI, local GUI or V0 pages in it (10). The docs have a when-to-use page and examples of good and bad task instructions. On 23 October the Deprecated Projects group (local GUI, CLI, V0) was taken out of the navigation and links to it reworded towards Agent Canvas, though the pages stay reachable by URL and the SDK architecture page still links the CLI repository (15). Confirmation policies, security analysers and MCP configs are discriminated Pydantic unions with validators (13). SDK examples are checked by a CI workflow and there are troubleshooting pages, but we found no error reference for the Agent Server (12). Dated release notes for each Canvas version in the docs (1.25.0 to 1.34.0 added since 1 October), and release tags (15).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: OpenHands +26\n\n- Emdash (38): Harness reading. Telemetry is described as optional and disabled in Settings or with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false, which reads as on by default (15 of 30). Worktree per task and remote machines over SSH (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). No security policy file found (3). 15 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 38.\n- OpenHands (64): Harness reading of the framework checklist, as for goose and the other agent harnesses. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Agent Canvas still sends a `canvas_install` event to PostHog through z.openhands.dev on first use \"regardless of consent\" (telemetry.ts header, re-read on 1 November), and the consent banner's box is still `defaultChecked`. `AGENT_CANVAS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1`, `--disable-telemetry`, `VITE_DO_NOT_TRACK=1` or the browser's Do Not Track setting stops all of it, the last since 1.26.0 (15). Confirmation policies (always, never, at or above a risk level) and a Docker sandbox per conversation exist, but Canvas still starts with `confirmation_mode: false` and the npm install runs on the host with full filesystem access. No network egress controls found. Local listeners bind to 127.0.0.1 with an injected session key, and since SDK 1.52.0 (5 October) DockerWorkspace publishes its ports on loopback (12). LLM, Invariant and GraySwan risk analysers and a policy-rail module, documented, all advisory (11). Conversation event logs, completion logs and OpenTelemetry tracing through Laminar, with hosted Laminar setup documented on 16 October (13). Security programme. openhands.dev's security.txt expired on 28 October 2026 (re-read on 1 November), though the responsible-disclosure policy it names still loads. A Vanta-hosted trust page per the 1 October check, and the git diff injection published as an OpenHands advisory with a CVE. CVE-2026-112346, the SDK's unauthenticated sandbox server, was published by VulnCheck on 26 October with no OpenHands advisory found. No bug bounty found. 13, down from 15 for the expired file, read as shopware's and tokeneconomizer's expired files are (still credited for the policy behind them, less than a valid file).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: OpenHands +23\n\n- Emdash (55): Harness reading. Issue intake from Linear, GitHub, Jira and others, diff review, pull requests and CI checks in one place, local or over SSH (55).\n- OpenHands (78): Harness reading of the framework line, scored on what an agent or pipeline driving it has to supply. The default agent carries three tools (terminal, file editor, task tracker), and `filter_tools_regex` trims MCP tools before they reach the model (23). Stuck detection is on by default and a condenser compacts long histories, but Canvas leaves `max_iterations` unset and we found no cost cap (15). Headless runs go through the SDK, the Agent Server REST API or the Cloud API with typed events, and the old CLI's `--headless` mode is unmaintained (14). Conversations persist and resume, and a Docker conversation keeps its workspace and history when the container is replaced (16). Python SDK and TypeScript client, but the quickstart needs Node 24 and uv, and the defaults skip both confirmation and the sandbox (10).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: OpenHands +15\n\n- Emdash (70): v1.2.11 on 6 November 2026 (30). v1.2.9, v1.2.10 and v1.2.11 within two weeks (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current installers and Homebrew cask (15). Release workflows, no test CI (5). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 5 = 70.\n- OpenHands (85): Agent Canvas 1.34.0 on 2026-10-27 and SDK 1.59.0 on 2026-10-28, by the repository tags (30). 29 Canvas releases (1.9.0 on 3 August to 1.34.0) and 33 SDK releases (1.40.1 on 5 August to 1.59.0) in the 90 days from 3 August, not counting the security rebuild tags (20). Issues labelled by priority, but 456 open issues and 395 open pull requests and no visible reply times per the 1 October check; GitHub's pages refused us on 1 November (16). npm, PyPI and GHCR packages current per the 1 October check (the registries didn't answer from our shell on 1 November). The unmaintained `openhands` CLI is gone from the docs navigation and the pricing page but its pages remain (10). CI on main, Dependabot, a security scan and an API-breakage check on the SDK, and security rebuilds of older images (agent-canvas 1.23.0-r3, agent-server 1.49.5-r3, 29 October) (9).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: OpenHands +13\n\n- Emdash (54): Apache 2.0 (30). A telemetry page on the docs site (not read) (18 of 30). No deprecation policy (5). Disclosed with an opt-out (15 of 20). 30 + 18 + 5 + 15 = 68.\n- OpenHands (67): MIT across Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server (30). The privacy policy (effective 3 September 2025, re-read on 1 November) doesn't separate the open-source stack from the Cloud service, keeps data as long as reasonably necessary, allows training on content from the Services and has no subprocessor list (12). A written SDK deprecation runway of five minor releases, kept on 28 October when the ACP model lists were removed at their 1.59.0 deadline, and the CLI's unmaintained notice in its README without a date on the page (15). The consent prompt calls the data anonymous and the Docker page documents `AGENT_CANVAS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY`, but no user-facing page mentions the install event sent before consent (10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Emdash | OpenHands | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 90 | OpenHands +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 90 | OpenHands +35 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 78 | OpenHands +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 64 | OpenHands +26 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 85 | OpenHands +15 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 67 | OpenHands +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -7 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.9 · D** | **70.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Emdash | OpenHands |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | General Action, Inc. | All Hands AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-28 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-09-03 |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 90k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Emdash\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### OpenHands\n\n- -0.7 on 1 November 2026: security, product\n- +0.2 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- -0.1 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Emdash.** A mature open-source app for parallel coding agents in Git worktrees, with issue intake from a dozen trackers and remote machines over SSH. Telemetry is on unless you turn it off, and no test workflow was found in the repository.\n\n**OpenHands.** A self-hosted coding agent with a typed SDK, an Agent Server API and a Docker container per conversation on request. Agent Canvas still starts with confirmation off on the host's filesystem, sends an install event before asking consent, and a critical SDK sandbox flaw fixed in October was published by a third party.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Emdash\n\n1. Launch with TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false if you don't want telemetry\n2. Use the SSH mode to keep agents on a remote machine\n\n### OpenHands\n\n1. Set `AGENT_CANVAS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start\n2. Start Canvas with `OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker` or use the Docker image. The npm install runs the agent on the host\n3. Turn on confirmation mode with a risk threshold. Canvas starts with it off\n4. Pin openhands-sdk and openhands-workspace at 1.52.0 or later so DockerWorkspace binds to loopback, and set `OH_SESSION_API_KEYS_0` on any reachable Agent Server\n5. Use the SDK or the Agent Server API for headless runs. The `openhands --headless` CLI is no longer maintained\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Emdash or OpenHands?\n\nOpenHands scores 70.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Emdash's 53.9 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Emdash and OpenHands open source?\n\nYes. Emdash is open source (Apache-2.0). OpenHands is open source (MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-openhands.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-openhands.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"emdash\", \"b\": \"openhands\"}`. 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