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OpenHands vs Zed
Live matchup data for OpenHands and Zed: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
current leader: OpenHands
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d · ○ 7 lead changes
through Aug 20, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | OpenHands | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | All Hands AI | Zed Industries |
| Homepage | all-hands.dev | zed.dev |
| GitHub | All-Hands-AI/OpenHands | zed-industries/zed |
| Package | openhands-ai | — |
| Subscription plans |
snapshot Jul 22, 2026 |
snapshot Aug 12, 2026 |
| Latest plan change | OpenHands plans changed: Enterprise limits changed detected Jul 22, 2026 | Zed plans changed: Personal limits changed; Pro limits changed; Business limits changed detected Aug 12, 2026 |
| GitHub stars | 84,656 | 88,976 |
| Pkg downloads/day | 36,213 | — |
| Latest release | v1.14.0 · 5 d ago | v1.17.0-pre · 3 d ago |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | OpenHands | Zed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Signal | OpenHands | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 280 | 272 |
| Positive share | 11.1% | 23.9% |
| Negative share | 5% | 12.5% |
| Net sentiment | +6.1% | +11.4% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Aug 21, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is OpenHands more used than Zed?
- As of Aug 20, 2026, OpenHands shows 41.7B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps and Zed shows 19.5B 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 Zed?
- OpenHands tracked plans: Open Source (free), Individual (free), Enterprise. Zed tracked plans: Personal, Pro, Business. Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do OpenHands and Zed score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 14 tracked results for OpenHands and 0 for Zed, 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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