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OpenHands vs Paseo
OpenHands has 88,312 GitHub stars, 11,598 forks, 713 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Paseo has 17,595 stars, 1,993 forks, 677 open issues and last shipped yesterday. OpenHands leads on adoption by 402% (88,312 vs 17,595 stars). OpenHands is written in TypeScript under MIT; Paseo is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. OpenHands has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Paseo 11%. Paseo was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (developer-tools), 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 | Paseo | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 88K | ★ 18K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 2.0K |
| 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 Paseo if
- You want the Paseo feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Paseo 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.
read the full OpenHands overview →
About Paseo
Paseo is a developer tool for orchestrating coding agents from a phone, desktop, or terminal. It lives in the AI assisted coding ecosystem and presents one interface for Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode, and Pi agents. The project centers on a local server called the daemon, which manages agents on the user's machine.
read the full Paseo overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is OpenHands or Paseo more popular?
OpenHands has 88,312 GitHub stars and Paseo has 17,595. OpenHands has the larger community by that measure.
Are OpenHands and Paseo free?
Both are open source. OpenHands is licensed under MIT, and Paseo has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between OpenHands and Paseo?
OpenHands is written in TypeScript and Paseo 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 Paseo?
Choose OpenHands if you want the larger community (88,312 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Paseo if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.