Cursor vs OpenHands

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	Cursor AI-native code editor (VS Code fork) with agent mode, codebase indexing.	OpenHands Open-source, model-agnostic platform for running autonomous software engineering agents, formerly known as OpenDevin.
Category	harness	harness
Vendor type	commercial	hybrid
Pricing	subscription	freemium
Strengths	+ Polished IDE UX + Strong codebase indexing + Multi-model support	+ MIT-licensed core with 75+ LLM provider support + Multiple interfaces: SDK, CLI, GUI, cloud, and Kubernetes-based enterprise + Sandboxed (Docker) execution for autonomous multi-step tasks + Strong research lineage and large contributor community (~77k stars)
Tradeoffs	− Closed product surface; less programmable than CLI harnesses	− Heavier setup (Docker/sandbox runtime) than editor-extension agents − Autonomous runs can consume significant tokens without close supervision
Used in stacks	0	0