{ "data": { "a": { "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", "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. OpenHands Cloud has a free Individual plan of 10 conversations a day with your own model key or the OpenHands LLM provider, which the docs say bills model calls at provider rates with no markup. Enterprise (SaaS, or self-hosted in your VPC) is priced by sales.", "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", "beta" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 152, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 60, "reliability": 83, "schema": 87, "security": 66, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "Current behaviour, checked 2026-10-02. 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, before the consent prompt, opting the client in for that one event. The source comment says the proxy is there to get past ad blockers, the consent prompt's box is ticked by default, 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, a little over six 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" ], "verdict": "A Docker container per conversation with `OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker`, each with its own Agent Server. Confirmation mode is off by default in Agent Canvas, and the npm install gives the agent the host's whole filesystem.", "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", "21 Agent Canvas releases between 24 July and 25 September 2026, with CI passing on main" ], "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", "The terminal CLI has been unmaintained since 11 August 2026 and the Docker-based local GUI is deprecated, yet both fill much of the docs", "Agent Canvas carries a beta badge, and its 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", "Use the SDK or the Agent Server API for headless runs. The `openhands --headless` CLI is no longer maintained", "Set `filter_tools_regex` on the agent to keep unneeded MCP tool definitions out of the context" ], "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": 71 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 60, "reliability": 83, "schema": 87, "security": 66, "transparency": 67 }, "provenanceScore": 72, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-01", "maintenance": "2026-10-01", "payments": "2026-10-01", "reliability": "2026-10-01", "schema": "2026-10-01", "security": "2026-10-01", "transparency": "2026-10-01" }, "last": "2026-10-01", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-10-01", "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": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The privacy policy (effective 3 September 2025) 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 expires on 2026-10-28.", "The SDK's LLM proxy still runs on llm-proxy.app.all-hands.dev, the company's older domain.", "We didn't check for a status page or the domain's registration date." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.json", "live": { "slug": "openhands", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "OpenHands/OpenHands", "version": "v1.34.0", "released": "2026-10-27", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:34:35.694204161Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@openhands/agent-canvas", "version": "1.34.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:34:32.714266438Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openhands-agent-server", "version": "1.59.0", "released": "2026-10-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:34:33.794382625Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "openhands-sdk", "version": "1.59.0", "released": "2026-10-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:34:33.610949065Z" } ], "githubStars": 92259, "npmWeekly": 6244, "pypiWeekly": 648207, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://openhands.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-10-28T17:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:42.192704344Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:08:20.884227001Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "openhands.dev", "registered": "2025-07-23", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/openhands.dev", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:05:28.838913993Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://openhands.dev/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:44:45.682094304Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-30T05:44:45.682094304Z", "fingerprint": "251fecfed8e1" } ], "github": { "repo": "openhands/openhands", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:52:56.827005754Z", "stars": 91868, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-26T07:49:10Z", "openIssues": 564, "openPRs": 557, "issuesOpened90d": 1058, "issuesClosed90d": 696, "prsMerged90d": 856, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 36, "failure": 9, "other": 5, "latest": "failure", "latestAt": "2026-10-26T06:05:21Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-7h8w-hj9j-8rjw", "cve": "CVE-2026-33718", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-03-23T17:51:58Z" } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:42.192704344Z" } }, "answer": "OpenHands scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenMausBot's 65.4 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "openmausbot", "name": "OpenMausBot", "vendor": "Supamaus Software Private Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://mausbot.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "OpenMausBot, now branded MausBot, is an open-source desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex and other agent CLIs as a team of chat bots with their own computers. Other agents drive it through a stdio MCP server and CLI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json", "repo": "https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "openmausbot" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No account for the free app. The harness binds to 127.0.0.1. In packaged builds, read-only MCP tools work on loopback without a token, while tools that create, send, switch, interrupt or run need a paired session token (`omb_sess_...`) from a single-use pairing code in Settings \u003e Phone, passed as `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` and revocable there. Agent CLIs use the owner's own logins or API keys. Cloud plans need a MausBot account.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The app is free under Apache 2.0, with model usage billed by the owner's own provider. MausBot Cloud, an always-on hosted workspace, is $15, $49 or $99 a month (Starter, Pro, Max) with 100, 300 or 800 cloud computer-hours. Team is $169 a month; Business plans start with a call. Extra computer-hours are $0.05 each. Prices from https://mausbot.com/pricing, read on 30 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the MCP and CLI docs, the pricing page or the file tree of the repository (checked 2026-10-30). Cloud plans are paid by monthly subscription.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 20, "popularity": { "githubStars": 8181, "npmWeekly": 3518, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/blob/main/docs/mcp-server.md", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent", "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "desktop.control" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "apache-2.0", "self-hosted", "local", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "stdio", "cli", "typescript", "desktop-app", "macos", "windows", "linux", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 368, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 50, "reliability": 60, "schema": 90, "security": 59, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-18. The privacy policy (last updated 18 October 2026) says the desktop and companion apps contain no third-party analytics SDKs, while the app's source loads posthog-js and sends events to us.i.posthog.com unless the owner switches analytics off, as docs/analytics.md describes. Disclosed in the README and docs, so a misleading claim rather than undisclosed telemetry, -2. https://mausbot.com/privacy, https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/blob/main/src/lib/analytics.ts" ], "verdict": "A bounded 20-tool MCP server with typed schemas, annotations and idempotent sends, and a headless CLI with JSON output and exit codes, let another agent hand work to a bot team and wait on it. New bots start at Full access, so provider permission requests pass without a card, and usage analytics stay on until switched off.", "bestFor": "A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.", "strengths": [ "20 MCP tools with typed inputs, `additionalProperties: false`, limits and readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint on every tool", "`wait_for_conversation` holds until the job changes and returns settled, needs-user, failed, stalled or timed-out with the job tree", "`send_id` makes a repeated send return the first receipt instead of posting twice", "The `openmausbot` CLI prints one JSON document with `--json` and uses documented exit codes, 3 for a pending approval and 4 for a timeout", "128 desktop releases between 11 August and 30 October 2026, published to npm by GitHub Actions trusted publishing with provenance" ], "weaknesses": [ "New bots start at Full access, which approves provider permission requests without a card", "Usage analytics to PostHog are on by default, while the privacy policy says the apps carry no third-party analytics SDKs", "Pre-1.0 (0.1.134), with new capabilities shipped in patch versions and no breaking-change section in release notes", "The MCP server answers only while the desktop app or `openmausbot serve` is running, and mutating tools need a paired token", "Not in the official MCP registry. The Windows installer is not code-signed" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner for a pairing code from Settings \u003e Phone, exchange it at `POST /api/auth/pair`, and set `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` with an explicit `OMB_PORT`", "Pass a `send_id` with every `send_bot_message` and `send_channel_message`, so a retry returns the first receipt", "Use `wait_for_conversation` instead of polling, and on `needs-user` stop and tell the owner a card is waiting", "Check a bot's access level with the owner before sending work. New bots run at Full access unless defaults were changed", "Ask the owner to switch off Settings \u003e General \u003e Usage analytics if nothing beyond model calls should leave the machine" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 50, "reliability": 60, "schema": 90, "security": 59, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 61, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-30", "maintenance": "2026-10-30", "payments": "2026-10-30", "reliability": "2026-10-30", "schema": "2026-10-30", "security": "2026-10-30", "transparency": "2026-10-30" }, "last": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-30", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g openmausbot # Node.js 24 or newer, or download the desktop app from https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/releases/latest", "config": { "mcpServers": { "openmausbot": { "args": [ "mcp" ], "command": "openmausbot", "env": { "OMB_PORT": "8799" } } } }, "headless": { "command": "openmausbot run \"Room Lead\" \"$TASK\" --json --export ./out", "env": { "OMB_PORT": "8799" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openmausbot" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "MausBot Cloud Starter (100 computer-hours)", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "Model usage billed by the owner's provider" }, { "item": "MausBot Cloud Pro (300 computer-hours, $10 Claude credit)", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "Model usage beyond the credit billed by the owner's provider" }, { "item": "MausBot Cloud Max (800 computer-hours, $20 Claude credit)", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "Model usage beyond the credit billed by the owner's provider" }, { "item": "MausBot Team (up to 5 people)", "unit": "month", "usd": 169, "note": "$135 a month billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Supamaus Software Private Limited", "domain": "mausbot.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-09-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://mausbot.com/terms", "privacy": "https://mausbot.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "The terms name Supamaus Software Private Limited, a company incorporated in India, with the laws of India and the courts at Pune. The contact page gives CIN U62011PN2026PTC259029 and names Milind Soni, Director, as grievance officer.", "The licence file and the enterprise licence read Copyright 2026 Milind Soni. LICENSING.md says the OpenMausBot and MausBot names and the mascot are trademarks of Supamaus Software Private Limited.", "RDAP at Verisign gives 2026-08-12 for openmausbot.com and 2026-09-30 for mausbot.com. The GitHub repository was created on 11 August 2026.", "www.openmausbot.com and docs.openmausbot.com disallow our crawler in robots.txt (ClaudeBot and anthropic-ai on www, every user agent on docs), so neither was read. mausbot.com allows all and was read. The docs site's source is in the repository under apps/docs and was read there.", "mausbot.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 30 October 2026. SECURITY.md in the repository gives an email and GitHub private vulnerability reporting.", "The software runs on the owner's machine, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check for the listed surface. MausBot Cloud is a hosted option with no status page found." ], "score": 61 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "All Hands AI", "b": "Supamaus Software Private Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "20", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-30", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-10-10", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-09-03", "b": "2026-10-18", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "90k stars", "b": "8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenHands scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenMausBot's 65.4 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, OpenHands or OpenMausBot?" }, { "answer": "Yes. OpenHands is open source (MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service). OpenMausBot is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are OpenHands and OpenMausBot open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 60", "Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 59", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 74", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 59" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "openhands", "watchFor": "Confirmation mode is off by default in Agent Canvas, and the npm install gives the agent the host's whole filesystem" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.", "slug": "openmausbot", "watchFor": "New bots start at Full access, which approves provider permission requests without a card" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Aider vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "Aider vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Amp vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "Amp vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-openhands" }, { "json": 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"json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openhands.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-openhands.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-openhands" }, { "json": 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}, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-openhands.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-openhands.json", "title": "OpenCode vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "OpenCode vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-warp.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openhands.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Harness vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "Harness vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "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" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-unstoppable.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Unstoppable", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-warp.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-warp" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 23, "edge": "openhands", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openhands": 83, "openmausbot": 60, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "openmausbot", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openhands": 87, "openmausbot": 90, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "openhands", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openhands": 78, "openmausbot": 77, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "openhands", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openhands": 66, "openmausbot": 59, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "openhands", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openhands": 60, "openmausbot": 50, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "openhands", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openhands": 85, "openmausbot": 74, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "openhands", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openhands": 70, "openmausbot": 59, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenHands scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenMausBot's 65.4 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "openhands": "A Docker container per conversation with `OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker`, each with its own Agent Server. Confirmation mode is off by default in Agent Canvas, and the npm install gives the agent the host's whole filesystem.", "openmausbot": "A bounded 20-tool MCP server with typed schemas, annotations and idempotent sends, and a headless CLI with JSON output and exit codes, let another agent hand work to a bot team and wait on it. New bots start at Full access, so provider permission requests pass without a card, and usage analytics stay on until switched off." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-openmausbot", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-openmausbot.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-openmausbot.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-openmausbot.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenHands scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenMausBot's 65.4 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- OpenHands: grade BB, 71/100, rank #152 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openhands.json\n- OpenMausBot: grade B, 65.4/100, rank #368 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 875 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\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, 83 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 59\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 74\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 59\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### OpenMausBot (B)\n\nGood for: A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: New bots start at Full access, which approves provider permission requests without a card\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenHands | OpenMausBot | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 60 | OpenHands +23 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 90 | OpenMausBot +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 77 | OpenHands +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 59 | OpenHands +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 50 | OpenHands +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 74 | OpenHands +11 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 59 | OpenHands +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **71 · BB** | **65.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenHands | OpenMausBot |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | All Hands AI | Supamaus Software Private Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 20 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-30 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-03 | 2026-10-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 90k stars | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenHands.** A Docker container per conversation with `OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker`, each with its own Agent Server. Confirmation mode is off by default in Agent Canvas, and the npm install gives the agent the host's whole filesystem.\n\n**OpenMausBot.** A bounded 20-tool MCP server with typed schemas, annotations and idempotent sends, and a headless CLI with JSON output and exit codes, let another agent hand work to a bot team and wait on it. New bots start at Full access, so provider permission requests pass without a card, and usage analytics stay on until switched off.\n\n## Before you call either\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. Use the SDK or the Agent Server API for headless runs. The `openhands --headless` CLI is no longer maintained\n5. Set `filter_tools_regex` on the agent to keep unneeded MCP tool definitions out of the context\n\n### OpenMausBot\n\n1. Ask the owner for a pairing code from Settings \u003e Phone, exchange it at `POST /api/auth/pair`, and set `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` with an explicit `OMB_PORT`\n2. Pass a `send_id` with every `send_bot_message` and `send_channel_message`, so a retry returns the first receipt\n3. Use `wait_for_conversation` instead of polling, and on `needs-user` stop and tell the owner a card is waiting\n4. Check a bot's access level with the owner before sending work. New bots run at Full access unless defaults were changed\n5. Ask the owner to switch off Settings \u003e General \u003e Usage analytics if nothing beyond model calls should leave the machine\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, OpenHands or OpenMausBot?\n\nOpenHands scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenMausBot's 65.4 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are OpenHands and OpenMausBot open source?\n\nYes. OpenHands is open source (MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service). OpenMausBot is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-openmausbot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-openmausbot.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"openhands\", \"b\": \"openmausbot\"}`. 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