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OpenHands: AI-Driven Dev

Name: OpenHands: AI-Driven Dev
Author: OpenHands

Get AI-driven development tools with OpenHands. For founders and developers.

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free with LLM API costs (depending on usage)

90,010 stars+715★ this week11,901 forksPythonUpdated 10/5/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Use OpenHands: AI-Driven Dev to build and automate AI-driven development tools

Real use case example

"A solo developer, Alex, wants to automate code generation for a new web project. They use OpenHands to connect their project outline with a Claude AI model, which generates basic web application code. After setting up their automation in 30 minutes, Alex has a solid foundation to build upon. This automation now saves them around 2 hours of manual coding work each time."

Best insideClaude DesktopCodex CLIGPT (ChatGPT)

When to use it

•You need to automate repetitive coding tasks to focus on core development
•Your team requires assistance with code review and optimization
•You want to leverage AI-driven insights to improve code quality and reduce errors

Ready-to-paste prompt

python openhands.py --help to explore available commands and options for using OpenHands

Heads up: Ensure you have Python installed and configured correctly on your system, as OpenHands requires it to run, and verify the compatibility of OpenHands with your specific Python version

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/openhands && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/openhands/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/openhands/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How OpenHands: AI-Driven Dev works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

OpenHands: AI-Driven Dev is a very large TypeScript project (~118k lines across 1174 code files, plus 576 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~118k lines · 1174 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Node.js · Docker

Needs API keys (.env)

TypeScript 94%JavaScript 5%

What happens, step by step

AI tool automates tasks

You give

User request

1Start Agent

Begin with agent setup

src/index.ts

2Choose Backend

Select local or cloud backend

3Create Automation

Make custom automation

playwright.config.ts

4Integrate Tools

Connect with third-party services

electron/main.mjs

5Run Agent

Start the agent process

bin/agent-canvas.mjs

You get

Automated result

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
AGENTS.md
The instructions the AI actually follows
3
src/index.ts
Where the program starts running
4
package.json
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
5
.env.sample
The API keys and settings you must provide

What's in each folder

src/Core code — the actual logic1275 files

bin/Command-line entry points1 files

docs/Documentation7 files

examples/Examples you can copy3 files

scripts/Helper scripts23 files

helm/Deployment / infrastructure11 files

electron/Folder7 files

docker/Deployment / infrastructure2 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyExamples includedMIT licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/openhands && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/openhands/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/openhands/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

Quick Actions

Details

Creator

OpenHands

Language

Python

Do this with a working workflow

Pages we wrote and tested that put a skill like this to work — importable n8n templates, outcome guides and Claude Desktop configs.

MCP config

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