OpenHands CLI vs Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	OpenHands CLI	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	python	go
Release Date	October 18, 2025	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	August 14, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
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	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)
Terminal Bench	#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ¹
Supported Models	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Pricing Model	BYOK	Subscription, Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	active	active