Today we're announcing the OpenHands CLI, a new way to use software development agents directly from your terminal.

Getting started is easy (with Python 3.12 or 3.13):

pip install openhands-ai
openhands

Or if you prefer not to manage your own Python environment, you can use uvx:

uvx --python 3.12 --from openhands-ai openhands

That's it, no need for Docker, no need for a web interface, and you can immediately access OpenHands' top-performing coding agents.
And unlike other options, it's fully open source, with no model lock-in.

No need to wait for us, go ahead and get started! (or read on for more details)

Why a CLI?

OpenHands has been around for a while, and there are several convenient ways to use it:

But we've also heard from developers who prefer to work directly in their terminal, or found the installation process for the GUI too cumbersome.
The CLI delivers:

What can you do with it?

If you want some examples of things to get started with, you can ask it to:

Features

The CLI includes several convenient features.

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The CLI has a number of commands that make it easy to navigate around.
For instancce, one of our favorites: the

Confirmation mode: For security, the CLI includes a confirmation mode that prompts before executing potentially sensitive operations.

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OpenHands is model agnostic, so you can use it with any LLM provider, especially those on our
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This includes both cloud-based models like Claude (4 sonnet provides the best performance at the moment) and local models like

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The CLI is fully open source, included in the MIT-licensed
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It's available for you to build with or build on.

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OpenHands is one of the top-performing agents in the world (e.g. on

Join the community

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As always, we love to have people join our community to give feedback or send in pull requests.
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