---
title: "OpenHands"
type: "tool"
slug: "openhands-openhands"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/openhands-openhands"
github_url: "https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands"
homepage_url: "https://openhands.dev"
stars: 79805
forks: 10177
primary_language: "Python"
license: "Other"
categories: ["ai-agents", "developer-tools"]
tags: ["claude-ai", "llm", "artificial-intelligence", "chatgpt", "gpt", "agent", "developer-tools", "cli"]
updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:58:48.194411+00:00"
---

# OpenHands

> The self-hosted developer control center for coding agents and automations.

OpenHands provides a platform to run various AI-driven development tools and agents locally or on cloud infrastructures, catering to tasks like automated reporting and issue management. It supports multiple ACP-compatible agents including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, among others.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
- Homepage: https://openhands.dev
- Stars: 79,805 · Forks: 10,177 · Open issues: 350 · Watchers: 467
- Primary language: Python
- License: Other
- Last pushed: 2026-07-07T17:36:37+00:00

## Categories

- [AI Agents](/categories/ai-agents.md)
- [Developer Tools](/categories/developer-tools.md)

## Tags

claude-ai, llm, artificial-intelligence, chatgpt, gpt, agent, developer-tools, cli

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## README (excerpt)

```text
<a name="readme-top"></a>
<div align="center">
  <img src="https://assets.openhands.dev/logo-whitebackground.png" alt="OpenHands logo" width="340">
  <p align="center">
    <strong>The self-hosted developer control center for coding agents and automations.</strong>
  </p>
  <p align="center">
    Run OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or any ACP-compatible agent across local, remote, and cloud backends.
  </p>
</div>
<div align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/OpenHands/incubator-program"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/status-beta-blue?style=for-the-badge" alt="Project status beta"></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/OpenHands/agent-canvas/actions/workflows/ci.yml"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/OpenHands/agent-canvas/ci.yml?branch=main&style=for-the-badge" alt="CI status"></a>
  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openhands/agent-canvas"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/%40openhands%2Fagent-canvas?style=for-the-badge&logo=npm" alt="npm version"></a>
  <a href="https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/backends"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Documentation-000?logo=googledocs&logoColor=FFE165&style=for-the-badge" alt="Documentation"></a>
  <a href="https://go.openhands.dev/slack"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Slack-Join%20the%20community-611f69?logo=slack&logoColor=white&style=for-the-badge" alt="Join us on Slack"></a>
</div>
<div align="center">
  <a href="#quickstart">Quickstart</a> |
  <a href="https://docs.openhands.dev/overview/introduction">Docs</a> |
  <a href="https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/backend-setup/vm">Self-Hosting</a> |
  <a href="https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/acp-agents">ACP Agents</a> |
  <a href="https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/prebuilt-automations">Automations</a> |
  <a href="https://go.openhands.dev/slack">Slack</a>
</div>
<p align="center">
  <img src="https://assets.openhands.dev/screenshot/automation-preview.png" alt="Agent Canvas automation preview" width="100%">
</p>
<hr>

OpenHands Agent Canvas turns your coding agents into a self-hosted, always-on engineering team. It's a developer control center for starting conversations and automating everyday tasks — like generating reports that publish to Slack or automatically decomposing GitHub issues into tasks.

It runs locally on your machine by default, but can connect to multiple “agent backends”, e.g. running agents in Docker containers, on VMs, or within your company infrastructure. You can optionally choose to run agents on OpenHands Cloud or OpenHands Enterprise infrastructure.

Agent Canvas runs the open source OpenHands agent out-of-the-box, but can use any third-party agent like Claude Code and Codex.

|    |    |
|---|---|
| [**Self-host your way**](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/backend-setup/vm) | Run agents locally, in Docker, on VMs, or anywhere you can run an agent server backend |
| [**Switch between different backends**](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/backends) | Switch between local, remote, and cloud agents without losing focus |
| [**Create automations**](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/prebuilt-automations) | Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events  |
| [**Integrate with the tools you use**](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/prebuilt-automations) | Connect your automations with third-party services like Slack, GitHub, Notion, and more to automate workflows |
| [**Bring your own model**](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/settings/llm-settings#llm-profiles) | Use with any LLM |
| [**Use with any agent**](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/acp-agents) | Use with OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or any agent with Agent-Client Protocol (ACP). |


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---

**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/openhands-openhands`](/api/graphcanon/tools/openhands-openhands)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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