OpenHands
Open-source AI software engineer agent that writes, runs, and debugs code autonomously
Overview
OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is a self-hostable platform for AI-powered software development agents that can browse the web, write code, run terminals, and interact with files inside a sandboxed Docker environment. It supports multiple LLM backends including local models via Ollama and all major APIs. Designed for coding tasks, bug fixes, and automated PR workflows.
Where it falls short of ChatGPT
- Agent reliability degrades on complex multi-file refactors
- Requires Docker-in-Docker for sandboxing, complicating some host setups
- No native multi-user workspace isolation in community edition
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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