Amp vs. OpenHands CLI

Feature	Amp	OpenHands CLI

Tagline	The frontier coding agent	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://ampcode.com	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	April 14, 2025	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	May 7, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0		#64 · 51.9% ±2.9 ²
Supported Models	Claude Opus 4.7/4.5, Sonnet, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.3-Codex, Gemini 3.1 Pro / Flash	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Pricing Model	Usage Based	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free daily grant, then usage-based	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code		https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active