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OpenHands

Meet OpenHands, the open-source, model-agnostic platform for cloud coding agents.

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4.2Score#139 of 999 agents#8 of 40 in Software engineer
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Why it ranks #139

OpenHands, an AI software engineer, ranks #139 of 999 AI agents and #8 of 40 in Software engineer, with a score of 4.2 of 10. Data as of .

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

  1. Proof

    Do customers use it? 30% of the score

    2

    Claims a customer result.

    • +2
      A customer result
      “Early enterprise adopters report tangible results, reducing code-maintenance backlogs by up to 50 percent and cutting vulnerability resolution times from days to minutes.”
      Source · 18 Nov 2025

    Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)

  2. Scale

    Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score

    2

    Raised $19M.

    • +2
      Raised $19M (Series A)OpenHands Raises $18.8M Series A to Bring Open-Source Cloud Coding Agents to EnterprisesSource · 18 Nov 2025

  3. Momentum

    Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score

    7

    Shows a recent launch, hiring and funding news.

    • +3
      Release post in the last 6 monthsWhat's New in OpenHands Enterprise: More Visibility, Governance, and ControlSource · 23 Sep 2026
    • +2
      Hiring: 1 open roleForward Deployed EngineerSource
    • +2
      Funding news in the last yearOpenHands Raises $18.8M Series A to Bring Open-Source Cloud Coding Agents to EnterprisesSource · 18 Nov 2025

    Not found: new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), founded in the last year (it was founded in 2024) (+1)

  4. Autonomy

    How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score

    8

    Autonomous worker: completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.

    • +8
      Level 3 of 4: Autonomous workerCompletes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.
    How the level was set
    • Level 3 (autonomous worker) from a reviewed decision that cites the product's own pages

    Level 3: Completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.

About OpenHands

All Hands AI's mission is to build AI tools to help developers build software faster and better, and do it in the open.

Launches and news

  1. Release23 Sep 2026What's New in OpenHands Enterprise: More Visibility, Governance, and Control
  2. Release26 Aug 2026OpenHands in August: A Clearer Way to Run, Review, and Automate Agentic Work
  3. Release11 Aug 2026Use Jira Cloud in your OpenHands Enterprise Organization

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