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OpenHands vs Codex

Live matchup data for OpenHands and Codex: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.

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OpenHandsAll Hands AI

openrouter tokens/day

41.7B102.5%rank #15

as of Aug 20, 2026 · Δ vs ≥7d prior

CodexOpenAI

openrouter tokens/day

78.4B121.4%rank #9

as of Aug 20, 2026 · Δ vs ≥7d prior

usage — openrouter daily tokens

Usage crossover

current leader: Codex

source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d · ○ 2 lead changes

through Aug 20, 2026

side by side

Spec & pricing

Side-by-side specification and pricing for OpenHands and Codex.
SpecOpenHandsCodex
VendorAll Hands AIOpenAI
Homepageall-hands.devdevelopers.openai.com
GitHubAll-Hands-AI/OpenHandsopenai/codex
Packageopenhands-ai@openai/codex
Subscription plans
  • Open Source free
  • Individual free
  • Enterprise

snapshot Jul 22, 2026

  • Free free
  • Go
  • Plus
  • Pro (5x) $100/mo
  • Pro (20x) $200/mo
  • API Key

snapshot Aug 21, 2026

Latest plan change

OpenHands plans changed: Enterprise limits changed

detected Jul 22, 2026

Codex plans changed: Plus limits changed; added Pro (5x), Pro (20x); removed Pro

detected Aug 21, 2026

GitHub stars84,656109,235
Pkg downloads/day36,2130
Latest releasev1.14.0 · 4 d agorust-v0.149.0-alpha.7.1 · 35 h ago

sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries

— = not tracked / not applicable

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Benchmarks

Benchmark results for OpenHands and Codex: best tracked score per benchmark, with result dates and sources.
BenchmarkOpenHandsCodexSource
Aider Polyglot
10.2%Apr 19 · openhands-lm-32b-v0.1
github.com
SWE-bench Lite
41.7%Oct 25 · OpenHands CodeAct 2.1 sonnet 20241022
github.com
swe-bench-multimodal
34.9%May 28 · OpenHands Versa claude4
github.com
swe-bench-test
29.4%Nov 3 · OpenHands CodeAct 2.1 sonnet 20241022
github.com
SWE-bench Verified
73.8%Nov 3 · SalesforceAIResearch SAGE OpenHands
github.com

best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks

sources linked per row

community pulse

Reddit sentiment

Reddit mention volume and sentiment for OpenHands and Codex over the trailing 30 days.
SignalOpenHandsCodex
Mentions (30d)290277
Positive share10.7%16.2%
Negative share4.8%26.4%
Net sentiment+5.9%-10.1%
30d trend

source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d

through Aug 21, 2026

faq

Frequently asked

Is OpenHands more used than Codex?
As of Aug 20, 2026, OpenHands shows 41.7B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps and Codex shows 78.4B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps. The chart above tracks the full daily series with every lead change marked.
How does OpenHands pricing compare to Codex?
OpenHands tracked plans: Open Source (free), Individual (free), Enterprise. Codex tracked plans: Free (free), Go, Plus, Pro (5x) ($100/mo), Pro (20x) ($200/mo), API Key. Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
How do OpenHands and Codex score on coding benchmarks?
The tape holds 14 tracked results for OpenHands and 0 for Codex, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
Where does this comparison data come from?
OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.

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