OpenHands CLI vs. Pi

Feature	OpenHands CLI	Pi

Tagline	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent	A minimal terminal coding harness
Website	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands	https://pi.dev
Language	python	typescript
Release Date	October 18, 2025	December 2, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model dependent	Model-dependent; auto-compaction
Terminal Bench 2.0	#64 · 51.9% ±2.9 ¹
Supported Models	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.	20+ providers: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral, OpenRouter, Groq, Ollama, xAI, Azure, Bedrock
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/OpenHands/OpenHands	https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono
Development State	active	active