OpenHands alternatives
6 agents tools in the same lane as OpenHands, ranked by editorial score.
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Archon
Agents · Multi-model (Claude Code, Codex, others)
7.0
Open-source orchestration layer for running multiple AI coding agents in parallel git worktrees.
Free· Free and open source; bring your own model API keysparallel-coding-agentsworkflow-orchestration
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SWE-agent
Agents · Multi-model (GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet, DeepSeek, local via LiteLLM)
7.0
Open-source autonomous agent framework that lets LLMs fix GitHub issues and find security vulnerabilities by using a custom agent-computer interface.
Free· Free and open-source; you pay your own LLM API costsgithub-issue-fixingautonomous-coding
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AionUi
Agents · Model-agnostic: routes to Claude, GPT-4/5, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, plus local Ollama and LM Studio runtimes and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Open-source desktop cowork app that unifies 20+ AI coding agents and CLI models in a single graphical workspace.
Free· Free and open-source under Apache-2.0. You bring your own API keys (Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Qwen, DeepSeek, etc.) and pay each provider directly, or run local models via Ollama or LM Studio at zero token cost.Unified control panel for multiple CLI coding agentsLocal-first AI chat with private SQLite history
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gpt-engineer
Agents · OpenAI GPT (default), Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI, and open-weights models like WizardCoder via configuration
Describe software in natural language, watch an AI agent write, run, and improve it.
Free· Free and open source under MIT license. Users pay only for the underlying LLM API calls (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI) or run local models at zero token cost.Greenfield script and prototype generationSmall single-file utility creation from a spec
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Stele
Agents
Shared project memory for AI coding agents across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Copilot
Freemium· Free: $0/ forever · Pro: $12/ month · Team: $20/ user / moshared memory across AI coding agentscross-tool project context handoff
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Oh My OpenAgent
Agents · Multi-model (Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, GPT 5.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro)
7.1
Open-source multi-agent orchestration framework that coordinates specialized AI coders across planning, execution, and verification.
Free· Free, open-source (SUL-1.0); bring your own model API keysmulti-agent-codingautonomous-task-execution