OpenHands vs Stele

OpenHands

Agents

Stele

Agents

Tagline

OpenHands

OpenHands is an AI agent platform for software development that executes real engineering work.

Stele

Shared project memory for AI coding agents across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Copilot

Pricing

OpenHands

Freemium· Free tier · from $500/mo

Stele

Freemium· Free tier · from $5.99/mo

Lowest paid tier

OpenHands

$500/month · Teams

captured 2026-11-03

Stele

$5.99 / month · Indie

captured 2026-10-28

Free trial

OpenHands

Yes

Stele

Yes

API

OpenHands

Yes

Stele

Yes

Platforms

OpenHands

macoslinuxwindowscliwebslack

Stele

—

Open source

OpenHands

Yes · MIT

Stele

Not listed

GitHub stars

OpenHands

92,133

checked 2026-10-29

Stele

—

Last GitHub push

OpenHands

2026-10-29

Stele

—

First commit

OpenHands

2024-03

Stele

—

Package downloads (30 d)

OpenHands

19,036 · npm @openhands/agent-canvas

checked 2026-10-17

Stele

—

Hacker News stories

OpenHands

7

checked 2026-10-17

Stele

1

checked 2026-10-21

Earliest Wayback capture

OpenHands

—

Stele

2026-07-22

earliest archived capture of the site, not a launch date

Company

OpenHands

OpenHands

Stele

—

Model used

OpenHands

Multi-model (Claude, Gemini, GPT/Codex)

Stele

—

Best for

OpenHands

—

Stele

Developers and small teams who juggle multiple AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Copilot) and want a persistent, shared project memory that survives tool switches and session resets.

Not for

OpenHands

—

Stele

Solo developers who stay inside one agent and one IDE, or enterprises with strict data-residency rules who cannot wait for the self-hosted edition.

Editorial score

OpenHands

8.0 / 10

Stele

—

Use cases

OpenHands

Issue triage and draft PR creationDocumentation and codebase map updatesRecurring engineering chores like dependency updates

Stele

shared memory across AI coding agentscross-tool project context handofftask queue for multi-agent workflowsagent onboarding from an existing codebasetracking failed refactor attemptscoordinating Claude Code and Cursor on one repoMCP-based agent memory backendarchitectural decision log for AI agents

Pros

OpenHands

• OpenHands is open source and free to self-host.
• OpenHands is model-agnostic, supporting closed models and open weights like Kimi, DeepSeek, and Qwen.
• OpenHands integrates with GitHub, Slack, Jira, and Linear to trigger automated workflows.
• OpenHands Enterprise allows deployment in a VPC with secure sandboxes, access controls, audit logs, and budget management.

Stele

• MCP-native, so it works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Copilot without per-tool adapters
• One-line CLI install with automatic onboarding from an existing repo
• Shared task queue prevents two agents from duplicating the same work
• Graph-based memory captures failed attempts, not just successful ones, so agents stop repeating dead ends
• Free tier is genuinely usable for solo developers (unlimited public projects, one private)
• Self-hosted SQLite edition on the roadmap for teams that need local data
• Export and deletion controls on private project graphs

Cons

OpenHands

• The Teams plan is limited to 5,000 sessions per month.

Stele

• Currently hosted-only; the promised self-hosted build is not yet shipped
• Value depends on running multiple agents or switching tools often, less compelling for single-agent users
• Shared memory across agents can propagate a bad decision if not curated
• Early-stage product with limited public track record and small community
• Private project quota on the free tier is tight for anyone with several client repos

Website

OpenHands

www.all-hands.dev

Stele

stele-ai.dev

Editorial score: rule-based, 0–10, from AI-assisted profile inputs (see /methodology) — not a user rating; “—” means unscored. “Not listed” means we have no record of it, not that it is absent. GitHub figures and prices carry the date they were checked or captured; prices are shown as published, unconverted.