Week 45, updated 2 Nov 2026

Coding agents OpenHands

Is OpenHands safe?

Short answer: Caution. StackGrade's weekly scan of OpenHands/OpenHands gives it a Caution label for a skill or agent instruction file (.agents/skills/frontend-development/references/guide.md) that tells the agent to pipe a remote script into a shell. It does list 14 high-severity advisories in runtime dependencies, which don't change the label. Automated scan of commit 172d7f1 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

Updated : the last week its score, rank or safety result changed.

Open-source platform for AI-driven software development agents.

  • 92,466 stars
  • pushed 2 Nov
  • MIT
  • TypeScript

github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands · openhands.dev

68score out of 100

#10of 52 overall#3in Coding agents▲ 1 vs Week 44

  • Maintenance 30%72
  • Adoption 30%62
  • Docs 20%69
  • Community 20%–
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Score over the last 4 weeks: 64, 61, 67, 68.

Caution

Skill/agent file instructs piping a remote script into a shell: .agents/skills/frontend-development/references/guide.md.

How this score works

Each part is a percentile among all 52 tracked tools, so 50 is average for this list. Community is not measured yet; the score uses the other 80%.

  • Maintenance: Last push 2 Nov 2026. Last 10 GitHub releases within 10 days (about 27 per 30 days), latest release 29 Oct 2026. Median 1.8 h to close an issue (17 closed issues).
  • Adoption: 92,466 stars (70%), 12,320 forks (30%).
  • Docs: README 13,258 characters, 8 headings, 5 code blocks, install section: yes.

Methodology

#3 of 14 in Coding agents

Ranked by score. The yellow row is this tool.

Coding agents, Week 45score 0–100, safety
  1. 1Gemini CLI#4 overall70Caution
  2. 2OpenCode#5 overall70No issues found
  3. 3OpenHands#10 overall68Caution
  4. 4Claude Code#11 overall65No dependencies scanned
  5. 5Cline#12 overall65Caution
  6. 6Codex#16 overall58Caution
Show the other 8
  1. 7deepseek-harness#17 overall57Caution
  2. 8KiroCrew#27 overall52Caution
  3. 9magpie#28 overall51No issues found
  4. 10Continue#43 overall37Caution
  5. 11goose#44 overall36Caution
  6. 12Aider#45 overall31Caution
  7. 13codex-plugin-cc#48 overall29No issues found
  8. 14Roo Code#51 overall23Caution

Safety scan, 2 Nov 2026

Automated scan of commit 172d7f1, 2,585 files. Not a manual audit.

Caution

  • 0Critical dependency advisories14 high, 7 medium, 2 low. OSV, runtime dependencies only.
  • 1Install hooksnpm scripts that run on install; none downloads remote content.
  • 0Remote-code patternsFor example eval(fetch(…)).
  • 160Agent files checked1 file tells the agent to pipe a script into a shell.
  • 7curl | sh installersIn docs or program code. Information only.
Why this label?

Why this label:

  • Skill/agent file instructs piping a remote script into a shell: .agents/skills/frontend-development/references/guide.md — curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV): 0 critical, 14 high, 7 medium, 2 low

Also found (informational, does not change the label):

  • 14 high-severity known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV)
  • 1 npm install hook, none downloading remote content
  • Program code runs a curl|sh style installer (2 occurrences, e.g. .openhands/setup.sh)
  • Documents curl|sh style installer (6 occurrences, e.g. .github/workflows/ci.yml)
  • Skill scripts contact: 127.0.0.1, app.all-hands.dev, docs.astral.sh, github.com, standin, api.example.test

Notes:

  • 22 affected packages only in dev/test/docs manifests, not counted
  • Telemetry/analytics references in code: telemetry, posthog

Automated scan of commit 172d7f1 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit. 2,585 files checked. What we check

Repo activity

From the GitHub API, fetched 2 Nov 2026.

  • 10+Releases, 90 daysLatest v1.23.0-r3, 29 Oct
  • 2hMedian issue closeOver 17 closed issues
  • 92.5kStarsGitHub stars
  • 12.3kForks1,185 open issues
  • 2024Repo created13 Mar 2024
30 days ago2 Nov
10 releases in the last 30 days, one mark each (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries).

10 releases in the last 30 days (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries):

Questions about OpenHands

Answers use this week's StackGrade data.

Is OpenHands safe to use?

Caution. StackGrade's weekly scan of OpenHands/OpenHands gives it a Caution label for a skill or agent instruction file (.agents/skills/frontend-development/references/guide.md) that tells the agent to pipe a remote script into a shell. It does list 14 high-severity advisories in runtime dependencies, which don't change the label. Automated scan of commit 172d7f1 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

How does StackGrade score OpenHands?

OpenHands scores 68 out of 100 in Week 45: #10 of 52 tracked tools overall and #3 in Coding agents. The score combines maintenance (72), adoption (62) and docs (69) as percentiles among all 52 tracked tools; community (20% weight) is not measured yet, so the score uses the other 80%. It is not a hands-on test and it is separate from the safety label.

What are the alternatives to OpenHands?

The highest-scored other tools in Coding agents this week: Gemini CLI (70, Caution), OpenCode (70, No issues found), Claude Code (65, No dependencies scanned), Cline (65, Caution). StackGrade has not tested them hands-on.

What licence does OpenHands use?

The licence listed for OpenHands/OpenHands is MIT. Read the licence text before commercial use.

Compare and use it

All facts and sources
Type
Agent framework
License
MIT
Language
TypeScript
Created
13 Mar 2024
Owner
OpenHands (Organization)
Forks
12,320

GitHub description: “🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development”

Sources: github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands, api.github.com/repos/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands, raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/main/README.md. Fetched 2 Nov 2026.

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