OpenHands

by All Hands AI

An open-source platform for autonomous software agents, run on your machine or on a server.

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What it does

"Agent Canvas" web UI to drive several agents
Sandboxed execution in Docker containers
Can be triggered from GitHub, Slack or Datadog when self-hosted

Install it

Requirements: Node.js 24+ and uv; Docker recommended for sandboxing.

Install

npm install -g @openhands/agent-canvas

Run (then open http://localhost:8000)

agent-canvas

Docker option (README)

https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands#option-2-with-a-docker-sandbox

The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Install OpenHands (https://openhands.dev) on my machine.
1. Check the requirements: Node.js 24+ and uv; Docker recommended for sandboxing. If anything is missing, tell me before installing anything.
2. Follow the official method:
- Install: npm install -g @openhands/agent-canvas
- Run (then open http://localhost:8000): agent-canvas
- see https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands#option-2-with-a-docker-sandbox
3. Check that it works, then explain how to launch it and where to start.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.