# OpenHands vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) to Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E) 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 Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- OpenHands: BB 70.8, rank #153 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.min.md
- 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 35; Schema & documentation, 87 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 53; Security & auth, 66 against 48; Payments & pricing, 60 against 15; Maintenance & community, 85 against 61; Transparency & trust, 67 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Rovo Dev CLI, good for Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline. Also No incidents deducted, where OpenHands loses 5 points for them.

| Category | OpenHands | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 83 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenHands | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | All Hands AI | Atlassian |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-03 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 90k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 2/5 (4) |