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OpenHands vs Dyad
OpenHands has 88,312 GitHub stars, 11,598 forks, 713 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Dyad has 21,575 stars, 2,636 forks, 359 open issues and last shipped yesterday. OpenHands leads on adoption by 309% (88,312 vs 21,575 stars). OpenHands is written in TypeScript under MIT; Dyad is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. OpenHands has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Dyad 12%. OpenHands was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (artificial-intelligence, llm), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| OpenHands | Dyad | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 88K | ★ 22K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 2.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick OpenHands if
- You weight community size — 88K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Dyad if
- You want the Dyad feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Dyad fits your workflow better
About OpenHands
OpenHands is an open source platform that provides a self hosted control center—Agent Canvas—for managing and orchestrating autonomous AI coding agents. It lives in the developer tools and AI assisted coding ecosystem, designed to turn local or remote agents into a persistent, automated engineering team. The platform supports multiple agent backends and integrates with third party services to enable scheduled or event driven automation workflows.
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About Dyad
Dyad is a local, open source AI app builder for developer tools and AI assisted coding. It is positioned as a desktop alternative to hosted builders such as Lovable, v0, and Bolt, running on the user's own machine. The project is written in TypeScript and distributed through a public GitHub repository under a split license: code outside src/pro is Apache 2.0, while code inside src/pro is Functional Source License 1.1 Apache 2.0.
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Frequently asked questions
Is OpenHands or Dyad more popular?
OpenHands has 88,312 GitHub stars and Dyad has 21,575. OpenHands has the larger community by that measure.
Are OpenHands and Dyad free?
Both are open source. OpenHands is licensed under MIT, and Dyad has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between OpenHands and Dyad?
OpenHands is written in TypeScript and Dyad in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, OpenHands or Dyad?
Choose OpenHands if you want the larger community (88,312 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Dyad if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.