Kiro CLI vs OpenHands CLI

Feature	Kiro CLI	OpenHands CLI

Tagline	AI coding agent by Amazon	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://kiro.dev/cli	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	rust	python
Release Date	November 17, 2025	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	August 19, 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		Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Not disclosed	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench		#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ²
Supported Models	Frontier and open weight models with auto routing: Opus / Sonnet 4.6, MiniMax 2.5, DeepSeek 3.2, Qwen3.	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / $0-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	N/A	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active