Continue was acquired by Cursor. Its former website points to the acquisition; according to the provider, the open-source codebase remains available.
AT A GLANCE
What should you know about OpenHands?
OpenHands is an open platform for coding agents with a local entry point, a cloud offering, an SDK and automation of development workflows.
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Our editorial assessment
4.3 / 5Editorial ratingDocument review
Coding agents · toolkompass.io editorial team · 11/11/2026
OpenHands documents coding agents for local and self-managed operation with model choice and automation. This is a strong foundation for your own agent infrastructure. A shared identity in the free entry tier and additional team licenses limit direct applicability to larger organizations.
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Fit for the use case40 % weighting
4.5 / 5Local Agent Canvas, automations, an SDK and agent choice comprehensively address embedding coding agents. This makes suitability for specific engineering tasks plausible, but it was not verified through our own agent runs.
OpenHands | Open Source AI Coding Agent Platform ↗Workflow & integration25 % weighting
4 / 5Automations and integrations connect agents with development tasks; Teams adds multiuser operation. The documented scope is coherent, but self-managed installations require setup, model integration and ongoing support.
OpenHands | Open Source AI Coding Agent Platform ↗Costs & limits20 % weighting
4 / 5Free Canvas, the Teams seat model, session limits and your own LLM keys are explicitly distinguished. This helps budgeting; infrastructure and model usage are additional costs, while enterprise terms are set individually.
OpenHands Pricing ↗Control & operation15 % weighting
4.5 / 5Self-hosting, your own model keys and Teams RBAC, SSO and budgets enable extensive control. Free Canvas, however, uses a shared identity; governance features are therefore not equivalent across all variants.
OpenHands Pricing ↗Fits OpenHands for your project?
Suitable for
Coding agents · Automated development workflows
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Not yet sufficiently reviewed.
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Features at a glance
OpenHands is an open platform for coding agents with a local entry point, a cloud offering, an SDK and automation of development workflows.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026
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- OpenHands | Open Source AI Coding Agent Platformhttps://www.openhands.dev/ · retrieved on 11/10/2026
- OpenHands Pricinghttps://www.openhands.dev/pricing · retrieved on 11/11/2026
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