# Kiro CLI vs OpenHands (slim)

> OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Kiro CLI's 59.9 (C), 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 Kiro CLI's 59.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harness.

- Kiro CLI: C 59.9, rank #419 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.min.md
- OpenHands: BB 70.8, rank #126 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.min.md
- Kiro CLI, good for Teams on AWS that want one agent configuration across terminal, IDE and web, with central permission policy, prompt logging to their own S3 bucket and IAM Identity Centre sign-in. Also 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 57; Schema & documentation, 87 against 79; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 67; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 85 against 73. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.

| Category | Kiro CLI | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kiro CLI | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | All Hands AI |
| Licence | Proprietary. Licensed as AWS Content under the AWS Customer Agreement and the AWS Intellectual Property Licence (https://kiro.dev/license/). The GitHub repository is the public issue tracker and doesn't hold the source | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2025-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 4.4k stars | 90k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |