How OpenHands’s scores are calculated
The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.
verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10
PA Score50/100
Agent-ready 53.3 × 0.30 = 15.99
API quality 34.3 × 0.20 = 6.86
Openness 38.4 × 0.20 = 7.68
Built-in AI 77.8 × 0.15 = 11.67
Automation 53.8 × 0.15 = 8.07
(15.99 + 6.86 + 7.68 + 11.67 + 8.07) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 50.27 ÷ 1.00 = 50.3
Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.
Agent-ready53.3/100×0.30 of the PA blend
Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2
2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt # OpenHands Docs > LLM-friendly index of OpenHands documentation (V1). Legacy V0 docs pages are intentionally excluded.”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Auto-approve all actions (use with caution)”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events”
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Run agents locally, in Docker, on VMs, or anywhere you can run an agent server backend”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“official CLI documented at https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode”
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Use an official CLIweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Type natural language tasks and receive instant feedback”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Resume previous conversations”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Auto-approve all actions (use with caution)”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“official CLI documented at https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode”
Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt # OpenHands Docs > LLM-friendly index of OpenHands documentation (V1). Legacy V0 docs pages are intentionally excluded.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev“The Software Agent SDK is a composable Python library for building agents that work with code.”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt # OpenHands Docs > LLM-friendly index of OpenHands documentation (V1). Legacy V0 docs pages are intentionally excluded.”
Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events”
Agent-ready = 96.0 ÷ 180 × 100 = 53.3
API quality34.3/100×0.20 of the PA blend
The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2
2 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2
2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1
1 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 2.4 of 10 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Run agents locally, in Docker, on VMs, or anywhere you can run an agent server backend”
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/llms.txt # OpenHands Docs > LLM-friendly index of OpenHands documentation (V1). Legacy V0 docs pages are intentionally excluded.”
API quality = 24.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 34.3
Openness38.4/100×0.20 of the PA blend
Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.openhands.dev/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Type natural language tasks and receive instant feedback”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Resume previous conversations”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Auto-approve all actions (use with caution)”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“official CLI documented at https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode”
Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Switch between local, remote, and cloud agents without losing focus”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“OpenHands Open Source and OpenHands Cloud plans offer support to bring your own LLM keys.”
Self-host the core productweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Run agents locally, in Docker, on VMs, or anywhere you can run an agent server backend”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev“OpenHands Cloud is the managed commercial service for running OpenHands without operating your own backend and sandbox infrastructure.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev“The Software Agent SDK is a composable Python library for building agents that work with code.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“OpenHands Open Source and OpenHands Cloud plans offer support to bring your own LLM keys.”
Openness = 38.4 ÷ 100 × 100 = 38.4
Built-in AI77.8/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2
2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for new bugs or incidents, gather logs and recent changes, suggest severity, and route the issue to the right owner.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for a configurable label on pull requests, inspect full PR context, and post an AI review comment once per label event.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Detect failed workflows, inspect logs, identify the likely cause, and open a pull request with a proposed fix.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Review security alerts, validate the finding, update affected code, and open a pull request with the remediation.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch Slack channels for @openhands mentions, open a conversation with the message context, and reply when the agent finishes.”
Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for new bugs or incidents, gather logs and recent changes, suggest severity, and route the issue to the right owner.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for a configurable label on pull requests, inspect full PR context, and post an AI review comment once per label event.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Detect failed workflows, inspect logs, identify the likely cause, and open a pull request with a proposed fix.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Review security alerts, validate the finding, update affected code, and open a pull request with the remediation.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch Slack channels for @openhands mentions, open a conversation with the message context, and reply when the agent finishes.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Type natural language tasks and receive instant feedback”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Resume previous conversations”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Auto-approve all actions (use with caution)”
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Switch between local, remote, and cloud agents without losing focus”
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Use with any LLM”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“official CLI documented at https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode”
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Type natural language tasks and receive instant feedback”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Resume previous conversations”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“Auto-approve all actions (use with caution)”
- [probe] https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode“official CLI documented at https://docs.openhands.dev/usage/how-to/cli-mode”
Built-in AI = 70.0 ÷ 90 × 100 = 77.8
Automation53.8/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.
Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev/pricing“API support for automation and scripting”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for new bugs or incidents, gather logs and recent changes, suggest severity, and route the issue to the right owner.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Detect failed workflows, inspect logs, identify the likely cause, and open a pull request with a proposed fix.”
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 21.0 of 30 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for new bugs or incidents, gather logs and recent changes, suggest severity, and route the issue to the right owner.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for a configurable label on pull requests, inspect full PR context, and post an AI review comment once per label event.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Detect failed workflows, inspect logs, identify the likely cause, and open a pull request with a proposed fix.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Review security alerts, validate the finding, update affected code, and open a pull request with the remediation.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch Slack channels for @openhands mentions, open a conversation with the message context, and reply when the agent finishes.”
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for new bugs or incidents, gather logs and recent changes, suggest severity, and route the issue to the right owner.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for a configurable label on pull requests, inspect full PR context, and post an AI review comment once per label event.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Detect failed workflows, inspect logs, identify the likely cause, and open a pull request with a proposed fix.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Review security alerts, validate the finding, update affected code, and open a pull request with the remediation.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch Slack channels for @openhands mentions, open a conversation with the message context, and reply when the agent finishes.”
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max
- [github] https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands“Create automations and workflows that integrate with Slack, GitHub, Linear, and more. Run on a schedule or in response to webhook events”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for new bugs or incidents, gather logs and recent changes, suggest severity, and route the issue to the right owner.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch for a configurable label on pull requests, inspect full PR context, and post an AI review comment once per label event.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Detect failed workflows, inspect logs, identify the likely cause, and open a pull request with a proposed fix.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Review security alerts, validate the finding, update affected code, and open a pull request with the remediation.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.openhands.dev“Watch Slack channels for @openhands mentions, open a conversation with the message context, and reply when the agent finishes.”
Automation = 43.0 ÷ 80 × 100 = 53.8