HyperTeamsHyperTeams vs OpenHands
OpenHands is an open-source coding agent you host yourself, with a workspace for it called Agent Canvas. HyperTeams lets you collect the work you handed your own agents in one list, while you are away and across several machines and people.
Why HyperTeams over OpenHands
OpenHands and HyperTeams overlap: both run several agents on your own machine, and both schedule work. They split after that. HyperTeams keeps going after you close the window, shows progress on your phone without router setup, and notifies you when a job is done. With a second machine, HyperTeams Connect puts all of them in one list; with a second person, it adds per-item pre-approval and cost per person. In OpenHands, multi-user, audit logs and cost guardrails belong to Enterprise. HyperTeams does not drive OpenHands; the two sit side by side.
Keeps going while you are away, on your phone
Agent Canvas runs in a browser UI on your machine by default. To keep agents always-on, it suggests moving them to a VM.
It keeps running in the background after you close the terminal, and can start itself when the computer boots. Check progress from your phone without touching your router or firewall, and get a notification when it is done.
Several machines, one list
You switch between backends, and each keeps its own conversations and workspace.
HyperTeams Connect puts the control room on every machine into one list, including which machine is awake right now.
Stop each job others assign
The open-source edition is single-user. Multi-user roles and audit logs come with Enterprise.
HyperTeams Connect adds accounts and roles, policy per folder and command, and pre-approval per item, and keeps who approved what and when as an audit trail.
Cost lands on a person
In the open-source edition you see cost on the LLM bill you attached. Centralized billing and cost guardrails are Enterprise.
The control room records cost per job, and HyperTeams Connect attributes it to a person and a team, with ceilings. Only the features that cross into a team are metered in credits.
HyperTeams vs OpenHands
- OpenHandsOn your machine by default; movable to Docker, a VM, Modal or OpenHands Cloud.
- HyperTeams SystemExecution stays on that machine — the control room sits on top rather than taking it over.
- HyperTeams ConnectIt does not touch execution; it receives what the control room reports.
- OpenHandsOpen several conversations; Claude Code and Codex attach over ACP.
- HyperTeams SystemOne card per job — hand it five and five run side by side, in five folders.
- HyperTeams ConnectThe control room does this
- OpenHandsConversations, files and terminals in the Agent Canvas browser UI.
- HyperTeams SystemStatus, a summary of the answer, and an unread marker, all in one list.
- HyperTeams ConnectThe control room does this
- OpenHandsRuns while that backend is up; for always-on it suggests moving to a VM.
- HyperTeams SystemResident, and it records progress: it continues after you close the window, and a tunnel shows it on your phone.
- HyperTeams ConnectThe control room does this
- OpenHandsAutomations run work on a schedule or in response to events.
- HyperTeams SystemYou pick a time on screen, and a failure notifies you.
- HyperTeams ConnectThe control room does this
- OpenHandsYou switch between backends, each with its own conversations and workspace.
- HyperTeams SystemIt stops at that one machine. It does not know what runs on the next one.
- HyperTeams ConnectA control room per machine, all of them in one list — including which machine is awake.
- OpenHandsThe open-source edition is single-user; multi-user roles come with Enterprise.
- HyperTeams SystemIt assumes the owner of the machine. The screen is behind one password.
- HyperTeams ConnectAccounts and roles, policy per folder and command, and pre-approval per item.
- OpenHandsConversation history stays on that backend; audit logs come with Enterprise.
- HyperTeams SystemIt keeps that machine's run history. There is no notion of an approval.
- HyperTeams ConnectWho approved what, and when, kept as a policy audit trail.
- OpenHandsOn the bill of the LLM you attached; cost guardrails come with Enterprise.
- HyperTeams SystemIt shows cost per job on that machine, with no owner attached.
- HyperTeams ConnectAttributed to a person and a team, with ceilings.
- OpenHandsOpen source (MIT) is free; you pay the model. Cloud and Enterprise are separate.
- HyperTeams SystemOne command to install, using the Claude or ChatGPT account you already have.
- HyperTeams ConnectOnly the features that cross into a team are metered in credits.
Checked against each product's official documentation as of 2026-09-23. Their products change, and when they do this table becomes wrong — tell us and we will fix it.
OpenHands docsWhat the control room does, and what Connect does
HyperTeams is two products. Which of them answers each row above is exactly where the boundary sits.
HyperTeams System
Runs the work on your machine
A program you install with one command. It assigns work per folder, runs jobs in parallel, and keeps going after you close the window. While you work alone, this is all you need.
- Where it runs
- Several jobs at once
- How far along it is
- If you close the window
- At a set time
HyperTeams Connect
Makes it something others rely on, unattended
It starts paying the moment there is a second machine and a second person: pooling machines into one list, filtering work others assign through approval, keeping an audit trail of what happened, and splitting cost per person.
- Several machines in one place
- When someone else assigns work
- Retracing it later
- What it cost
When do you move up a rung?
- L1 · Observe
You watch several machines. The moment there is a second one.
- L2 · Share
The team sees what was asked for. The moment you start sharing one password.
- L3 · Delegate
Others assign work and see the results. This is where approval, policy, and audit earn their place.
Running both
You don't remove or migrate what you use today. Here is how to layer HyperTeams on top of it.
- 1
Keep OpenHands
Keep running the agents you customize and the flows you built with the SDK there.
- 2
Install the control room on that machine
One command. It fetches Claude Code for you and prints a one-line install for ChatGPT Codex and Antigravity.
- 3
Send work that grows across people and machines to the control room
HyperTeams does not drive OpenHands; the two sit side by side. Work you want on your phone, across several machines, or assigned by others goes on HyperTeams cards.
Which one should you pick?
When to just use OpenHands
When you want to change the code
OpenHands is MIT-licensed open source. You can modify the agent and the UI and redistribute them.
When you want free choice of model
API keys from many providers, local models such as Ollama or LM Studio, and Claude Code, Codex or Gemini over ACP, all picked from one screen.
When you design where it is deployed
Start on a laptop and move to Docker, a VM, Kubernetes or your company VPC, or build your own agents with the SDK.
When HyperTeams is the answer
When you need it on your phone
HyperTeams SystemInstall it to your home screen like an app, check progress and add instructions while you are out. A notification tells you when it is done, so you are not checking the screen.
When others need to see the result
HyperTeams SystemAn address for the result is created automatically, and each link is open, password-protected or just yours. The addresses come back after a restart.
When you have more than one machine
HyperTeams ConnectIf you log in to each machine separately to check on it, that is where the layer pays off. HyperTeams Connect puts every machine's work into one list.
When a colleague says "can you run that for me"
HyperTeams ConnectInstead of sharing one password, you take it through accounts and roles, policy per folder and command, and pre-approval per item. Who approved what stays on record.
A layer, not a replacement
Put it on top of what you already run
One command to install. Nothing you use today gets removed or moved — you only add the command screen above it.
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Common questions
OpenHands is an open-source ecosystem for AI coding agents. It includes a CLI, an agent SDK and Agent Canvas for running several agents from one screen, plus hosted OpenHands Cloud and Enterprise.
For running several agents on your own machine, yes. But HyperTeams does not build a new agent; it runs Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex and Antigravity. If you want to modify the agent itself or build one with an SDK, OpenHands is the fit.
Yes. Neither drives the other, so they do not collide. Run your own agents in OpenHands, and the work you want on your phone or that others assign in HyperTeams.
In OpenHands, conversations and workspaces stay on the backend you chose: your machine, Docker, a VM or Cloud. In HyperTeams, instructions and results stay on your machine; what leaves is the question going to the AI you picked.
OpenHands' open-source edition is free, and multi-user is Enterprise (contact sales). HyperTeams System runs on the Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already have, and HyperTeams Connect meters only the features that cross into a team, in credits.