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OpenHands vs Superset
OpenHands has 88,562 GitHub stars, 11,641 forks, 713 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Superset has 14,403 stars, 1,285 forks, 666 open issues and last shipped today. OpenHands leads on adoption by 515% (88,562 vs 14,403 stars). OpenHands is written in TypeScript under MIT; Superset is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. OpenHands has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Superset 9%. Superset was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (agent, cli, 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 | Superset | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 89K | ★ 14K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick OpenHands if
- You weight community size — 89K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Superset if
- You want the Superset feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Superset 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 Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel on a developer machine. It lives in the AI assisted coding and developer tools ecosystem, and it is aimed at people who run CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or any CLI agent. It can run any agent with the user's own subscription. The project treats each agent as a worker that can run in its own isolated git worktree, with its own branch, terminal, and environment.
read the full Superset overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is OpenHands or Superset more popular?
OpenHands has 88,562 GitHub stars and Superset has 14,403. OpenHands has the larger community by that measure.
Are OpenHands and Superset free?
Both are open source. OpenHands is licensed under MIT, and Superset has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between OpenHands and Superset?
OpenHands is written in TypeScript and Superset 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 Superset?
Choose OpenHands if you want the larger community (88,562 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Superset if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.