OpenHands

AI coding agentsOpen source

Our take: Leading open-source autonomous software agent; heavier to run.

Use cases: autonomous dev agent, self-host

Official site: https://www.openhands.dev (link checked 2026-10-14)

Ranked in: Best free / open-source coding agent

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