Nanocode vs OpenHands CLI

Feature	Nanocode	OpenHands CLI

Tagline	Minimal Claude Code alternative in ~250 lines	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	python	python
Release Date	January 11, 2026	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	none	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	No	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - Terminal only	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench		#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ²
Supported Models	Claude family of models via the Anthropic API + Any model supported via OpenRouter (400+ models)	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Pricing Model	BYOK	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/1rgs/nanocode	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active