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OpenHands

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A self-hosted alternative to V0, Claude Code, Cursor

MIT LicenseOpen Core — Some Features PaidSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · K8s · Binary +1No external DB49+ active committers (12mo)

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OpenHands is an AI-driven development platform centered around agentic software engineering workflows. It offers multiple entry points: a composable Python SDK for building agents in code, a CLI for...

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Features

  • composable Python agent SDK
  • local agent execution
  • cloud-scale agent execution
  • CLI interface
  • local GUI
  • REST API
  • single-page React application
  • GitHub/GitLab sign-in
  • Slack integration
  • Jira integration

Details

Last Updated
Oct 12, 2026
Created
Mar 13, 2024
Install Methods
dockerkubernetesbinarysource
Requirements
Claude, GPT, or another LLMKubernetes for self-hosting OpenHands Cloud in an enterprise VPC
Authentication
oauth
API
REST
Privacy & Independence
Cloud: Optional
User Model
Multi-User
Deployment

Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container

Run OpenHands with Docker Compose

Compose file from the OpenHands project repository.

1 service

no resource limits declared

needs persistent storage (3 volumes)

docker-compose.yml · @ 73d1d9a · scanned Jun 4, 2026


services:
  openhands:
    build:
      context: ./
      dockerfile: ./containers/app/Dockerfile
    image: openhands:latest
    container_name: openhands-app-${DATE:-}
    environment:
      - AGENT_SERVER_IMAGE_REPOSITORY=${AGENT_SERVER_IMAGE_REPOSITORY:-ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server}
      - AGENT_SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=${AGENT_SERVER_IMAGE_TAG:-1.19.1-python}
      #- SANDBOX_USER_ID=${SANDBOX_USER_ID:-1234} # enable this only if you want a specific non-root sandbox user but you will have to manually adjust permissions of ~/.openhands for this user
      - WORKSPACE_MOUNT_PATH=${WORKSPACE_BASE:-$PWD/workspace}
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    extra_hosts:
      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - ~/.openhands:/.openhands
      - ${WORKSPACE_BASE:-$PWD/workspace}:/opt/workspace_base
    pull_policy: build
    stdin_open: true
    tty: true

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