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OpenHands alternatives (2026)
OpenHands is a coding tool: Open-source platform for autonomous coding agents. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source + paid cloud. Its GitHub repo has 90,845 stars. We found 182 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (writing code); 134 of them are open source and 23 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with OpenHands, then by GitHub stars.
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Quick comparison Top 10 of 11 listed below. Pricing as the maker states it; blank means we don't have it.
| Tool | Pricing | Best for | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cline | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Open SWE | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 mini-SWE-agent | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Cloudroom | Open source + cloud | Write code | Yes |
 Roomote | Freemium | Write code | |
 BackAnt Kairos | Free | Write code | |
 Devin | Freemium | Write code | |
 Jules | Freemium | Write code | |
 opencode | Open source | Write code | Yes |
 Claude Code | Paid | Write code |
- Cline (Open source): Autonomous coding agent inside VS Code with step-by-step approvals. Consider it because it also covers IDE and editor agents.
- Open SWE (Open source): LangChain's asynchronous coding agent that takes work from GitHub issues, Slack or Linear, implements it in an isolated sandbox and opens a pull request. Consider it because it also covers code review and agents in chat apps.
- mini-SWE-agent (Open source): Tiny 100-line agent that solves GitHub issues or helps on the command line, from the SWE-agent team. Consider it because it also covers terminal and CLI agents.
- Cloudroom (Open source + cloud): Cloudroom runs Claude Code, Codex, Pi and other coding agents in the cloud, each in its own isolated sandbox on its own Git branch, using your own model logins; the Rust core is open source to self-host, and a desktop app manages local and cloud agents. Consider it because it also covers computer and desktop control and sandboxes and secure execution.
- Roomote (Freemium): Cloud coding agent from the Roo Code team that runs your real dev environment, verifies its work, reviews code with a second model and hands back PRs with live previews; works from Slack, Teams, GitHub and Linear, self-hosted or on its cloud. Consider it because it also covers code review and agents in chat apps.
- BackAnt Kairos (Free): Backant's Kairos, an autonomous developer that runs Claude Code against your repository. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (free).
- Devin (Freemium): Cognition's autonomous software engineer that takes tickets and opens PRs. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (freemium). OpenHands vs Devin →
- Jules (Freemium): Google's asynchronous coding agent that works on your GitHub repo in a cloud VM and comes back with a tested pull request. Consider it because it also covers code review.
- opencode (Open source): Open-source terminal coding agent that works with many model providers. Consider it because it also covers terminal and CLI agents; it has more GitHub stars (213,329 vs 90,845).
- Claude Code (Paid): Anthropic's terminal coding agent that edits code, runs commands and handles git. Consider it because it is a managed commercial product, if you'd rather not run it yourself; it also covers terminal and CLI agents and editing and rough cuts; it has more GitHub stars (150,707 vs 90,845).
OpenHands vs alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Open source / licence | GitHub stars | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 OpenHands | Open source + cloud | MIT | 90,845 | writing code |
| Cline | Open source | Apache License 2.0 | 70,289 | writing code |
| Open SWE | Open source | MIT | 11,034 | writing code, reviewing pull requests |
| mini-SWE-agent | Open source | MIT | 8,580 | writing code, coding in the terminal |
| Cloudroom | Open source + cloud | Yes | 916 | writing code, controlling a computer |
| Roomote | Freemium | Fair Core License 1.0 (converts to Apache 2.0 later) | 288 | writing code, reviewing pull requests |
| BackAnt Kairos | Free | No | — | writing code |
| Devin | Freemium | No | — | writing code, reviewing pull requests |
| Jules | Freemium | No | — | writing code, reviewing pull requests |
| opencode | Open source | MIT | 213,329 | writing code, coding in the terminal |
| Claude Code | Paid | Proprietary (All rights reserved; Anthropic Commercial Terms of Service) | 150,707 | writing code, coding in the terminal |
Written comparisons: Devin vs OpenHands
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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.