OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is an open-source autonomous AI software development agent and orchestration platform. It provides an extensible runtime environment that enables AI agents to inspect repositories, write and modify code, execute terminal commands, run tests, and interact with external developer tools. Developers interact with OpenHands through multiple interfaces, including a terminal CLI, the Agent Canvas desktop application, an SDK, and managed cloud environments. OpenHands can run its native autonomous agent architecture or orchestrate external CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI. It connects to a wide range of LLM providers (including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google) via standard API keys or local inference endpoints. Unlike standalone terminal assistants, OpenHands operates as a full agent execution platform and control plane capable of running background automations. It integrates with over 70 third-party platforms—including GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack, and Snyk—and supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to dynamically connect agent skills and context sources. OpenHands is open-source software with an active community on GitHub, complemented by OpenHands Cloud and Enterprise tiers that offer centralized control planes, team governance, and managed infrastructure.
Tags: ai agent, cli, code assistant, coding agent, developer tools, OpenSource