Flowise vs OpenHands
Side-by-side comparison of two agent options that often come up together when people are choosing between self-hosted frameworks, managed assistants, and extensible AI tooling.
Open source52k stars
Flowise
Visual drag-and-drop builder for AI agents and LLM workflows — no code required
Open source72k stars
OpenHands
AI software development agent that writes code, fixes bugs, and creates pull requests autonomously
Category
Flowise
OpenHands
Tagline
Visual drag-and-drop builder for AI agents and LLM workflows — no code required
AI software development agent that writes code, fixes bugs, and creates pull requests autonomously
Deployment
Self-hosted / Flowise Cloud
Self-hosted (Docker)
Pricing
Open source and free to self-host. Flowise Cloud starts at $35/month.
Free and open source. Requires LLM API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, or local via Ollama).
Channels
Web, api, Slack, Teams
Web, CLI
Open source
Yes
Yes
Privacy
Self-hosted deployment keeps data on your infrastructure.
Self-hosted. Code and data stay on your machine. Use local models for full air-gap.
Flowise pros
- Visual builder — no code required.
- Largest ecosystem of integrations of any open-source agent builder.
- 51K+ GitHub stars, active community.
OpenHands pros
- Best-in-class coding agent with 71K+ stars.
- Can browse docs, write tests, fix CI failures autonomously.
- Active development, top SWE-bench scores.
Flowise cons
- Visual workflows hard to debug at scale.
- Less flexible than code-first frameworks.
- Self-hosting requires some DevOps knowledge.
OpenHands cons
- Primarily a coding agent, not a general assistant.
- Requires LLM API key with non-trivial costs per task.
- Complex Docker setup for first-time users.
Flowise gotchas
- Complex flows can hit LLM rate limits silently.
- Docker deployment recommended over npm for stability.
OpenHands gotchas
- Repo moved from All-Hands-AI/OpenHands to OpenHands/OpenHands.
- Works best with Claude Sonnet or GPT-4o.
- Token usage per PR can be high.
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