OpenHuman is an open-source agent harness compiled into a single Rust process, available as a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux, a terminal app, a headless server and an embeddable Rust library.
It provides the familiar coding-agent loop with shell and coder tools, MCP servers, skills and memory, and is designed to stay light enough to run large fleets of agents on a small server.
- 01
Desktop (.dmg/.msi/.deb/.AppImage), terminal, headless server and Rust library from one core
- 02
Native shell and coder tools, MCP servers, skill bundles and built-in file memory
- 03
Approval gate, sandboxed execution (OS jail or Docker), Privacy Mode and secrets in the OS keyring
- 04
BYOK cloud models or local models via Ollama, LM Studio and MLX
- 05
Per-call cost and token tracking with replayable run journals
- 06
Published SWE-bench-based benchmarks of speed, tokens and memory against other harnesses
Open Source
Free and open source under GPL-3.0 as a desktop app, terminal app, headless server or Rust library. You bring your own model keys (or run local models via Ollama, LM Studio or MLX) and pay those providers directly; no paid tier is listed in the repository.
Best for
Developers who want a lightweight, self-hosted agent harness they can run locally, embed in Rust code, or scale to many concurrent agents on cheap infrastructure.
Not ideal for
Teams needing a mature, stable product (the project describes itself as early beta) or a permissively licensed library, since the code is GPL-3.0.
A fast-moving, unusually efficient open-source harness with strong adoption signals; promising for local and fleet-scale agent work, but still early beta with frequent releases and rough edges.
Very rapid release cadence: v0.64.15 shipped on 2026-10-09 with a hotfix for module admission in installed builds that unblocks the search and memory modules.
As of
Is OpenHuman free?+
Yes - OpenHuman is Open Source. Free and open source under GPL-3.0 as a desktop app, terminal app, headless server or Rust library. You bring your own model keys (or run local models via Ollama, LM Studio or MLX) and pay those providers directly; no paid tier is listed in the repository.
Is OpenHuman open source?+
Yes - OpenHuman is open source. Free and open source under GPL-3.0 as a desktop app, terminal app, headless server or Rust library. You bring your own model keys (or run local models via Ollama, LM Studio or MLX) and pay those providers directly; no paid tier is listed in the repository.
Who is OpenHuman best for?+
Developers who want a lightweight, self-hosted agent harness they can run locally, embed in Rust code, or scale to many concurrent agents on cheap infrastructure.
Who is OpenHuman not ideal for?+
Teams needing a mature, stable product (the project describes itself as early beta) or a permissively licensed library, since the code is GPL-3.0.
What are the best OpenHuman alternatives?+
The closest OpenHuman alternatives on ai.dosa.dev are Jules, OpenHands, SWE-agent - all listed under Autonomous & Async Agents.
Who makes OpenHuman?+
OpenHuman is developed by Tiny Humans. It is listed in the Autonomous & Async Agents category on ai.dosa.dev.
Favorite this tool to revisit it later, or Zap it to contribute to the public vote count.