The open-source alternatives to Devin are OpenHands, goose, Cline, Kilo Code and gptme. OpenHands is the closest in shape: an MIT control centre that runs coding agents on your own infrastructure, in containers, from GitHub issues, schedules and webhooks. goose is a general-purpose agent with a desktop app and an API. Cline runs headless in CI and as scheduled agents; Kilo Code's cloud agent runs from the web; gptme scaffolds a scheduled service on a server. A team switches when the agent must run inside its own network with a model it chooses.
5 of 5 carry an OSI licence. 5 of 5 run on your own machines. Figures read from GitHub on September 17, 2026.
One project per need, with the reason from its own README and the one thing to know before you choose it.
MIT control centre that runs the OpenHands agent, Claude Code, Codex or any ACP agent in Docker, on VMs or in company infrastructure, with automations from Slack, GitHub and Linear on schedules and webhooks.
Know firstBeta, with a README warning that the npm and source routes give the agent full filesystem access.
Apache-2.0, Linux Foundation governance, 15+ providers including Ollama, 70+ MCP extensions, and an API to embed it.
Know firstNo scheduling or containerised runner described in the README.
Apache-2.0, a CLI that runs with zero interaction and JSON output, scheduled agents with cron, multi-agent teams, and connectors for Slack, Telegram, Discord and Linear.
Know firstRuns where you run it; there is no hosted runner in the open-source project.
MIT, with a hosted Cloud Agent that runs Kilo with no local machine and hosted code reviews.
Know firstThe cloud agent runs on Kilo's infrastructure, not yours.
MIT, with systemd scaffolding for scheduled autonomous agents, sandboxed execution in Docker or Wasmtime, and a browser, shell and file tools.
Know firstA single-maintainer project with an in-progress list in its README.
The facts that decide most choices. Each project's page carries the full panel.
| Project | Best for | Openness | Licence | Runs as | Own machines | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenHands | An always-on agent on your own infrastructure | OSI | MIT | npm package, Docker, From source | Yes | 88,343 |
| goose | A general agent with a desktop app and an API | OSI | Apache-2.0 | Desktop app, CLI, API | Yes | 54,402 |
| Cline | Headless runs in CI and scheduled agents | OSI | Apache-2.0 | VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin, CLI, Desktop app, Node.js SDK | Yes | 68,575 |
| Kilo Code | A task run from the web | OSI | MIT | VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin, CLI, Web (Cloud Agent) | Yes | 27,344 |
| gptme | A scheduled agent on a server | OSI | MIT | CLI (pipx, uv or pip), Web UI, Desktop app, MCP server | Yes | 4,417 |
Licence and star figures read from GitHub on September 17, 2026. Stars are shown as a dated fact and were not used to rank this page.
An MIT self-hosted control centre, called Agent Canvas, that runs the OpenHands agent or Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and any ACP-compatible agent across local, Docker and cloud backends, with automations triggered by schedules and webhooks.
MIT control centre that runs the OpenHands agent, Claude Code, Codex or any ACP agent in Docker, on VMs or in company infrastructure, with automations from Slack, GitHub and Linear on schedules and webhooks.
Know firstBeta, with a README warning that the npm and source routes give the agent full filesystem access.
An Apache-2.0 general-purpose AI agent from the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation, written in Rust, with a desktop app, a CLI and an API, 15+ model providers including Ollama, and 70+ extensions over MCP.
Apache-2.0, Linux Foundation governance, 15+ providers including Ollama, 70+ MCP extensions, and an API to embed it.
Know firstNo scheduling or containerised runner described in the README.
An Apache-2.0 coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and a desktop app that edits files as reviewable diffs, runs commands with your approval, works with any model provider including Ollama, and connects tools through MCP.
Apache-2.0, a CLI that runs with zero interaction and JSON output, scheduled agents with cron, multi-agent teams, and connectors for Slack, Telegram, Discord and Linear.
Know firstRuns where you run it; there is no hosted runner in the open-source project.
An MIT coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the CLI with inline autocomplete, Code, Plan, Ask, Debug and Review modes, an MCP marketplace, access to 500+ models with no API key to start, and a hosted cloud agent.
MIT, with a hosted Cloud Agent that runs Kilo with no local machine and hosted code reviews.
Know firstThe cloud agent runs on Kilo's infrastructure, not yours.
An MIT personal AI agent for the terminal that runs shell and Python locally, patches files, browses the web, works with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, OpenRouter or a local llama.cpp server, and is both an MCP client and an MCP server.
MIT, with systemd scaffolding for scheduled autonomous agents, sandboxed execution in Docker or Wasmtime, and a browser, shell and file tools.
Know firstA single-maintainer project with an in-progress list in its README.
The questions that settle it, in the order they usually come up.
Your servers in containers: OpenHands. Your laptop: goose or Cline. Someone else's cloud from a browser: Kilo Code's cloud agent. A Linux box on a timer: gptme.
GitHub issues, webhooks and schedules: OpenHands. Cron: Cline or gptme. A person in a chat app: Cline's connectors.
Cline asks on every action by default. OpenHands and gptme offer containers and sandboxes. Kilo Code's --auto removes all prompts.
Devin, in the vendor's own words, is "the AI software engineer" that plans and executes engineering tasks such as code migrations and on-call incident resolution, by Cognition's own description. devin.ai. The cases below are where that still wins.
Stars, licence, last commit and last release are read from the GitHub API by a script every week and carry the date they were read. Nobody types them.
What each project does is written from its own README and LICENSE, read in full on the date shown, and phrased as the project's claim. The sources are listed at the end.
That a project is faster, better or cheaper than Devin. A price for anyone. A user count. A roadmap. If a fact is not on this page, it was not in the source.
OpenHands (MIT), whose Agent Canvas runs the OpenHands agent, Claude Code, Codex or any ACP agent across local, Docker and cloud backends, with automations from Slack, GitHub and Linear on schedules or webhooks. It is the closest to Devin's always-on shape. goose (Apache-2.0) and gptme (MIT) are general agents that can be scheduled; Cline runs headless in CI.
OpenHands describes automations that decompose GitHub issues into tasks and run in response to webhooks. Gemini CLI, listed under Claude Code alternatives, ships a GitHub Action for pull request review and issue triage. Tabby points to a separate project, Pochi, for turning issues into pull requests.
OpenHands, with its Docker route and its Agent Server REST API for running agents on your own hosts, or on VMs and company infrastructure. gptme scaffolds a systemd service and runs sandboxed in Docker or Wasmtime. goose runs on your machine with local models through Ollama. Kilo Code's cloud agent runs on Kilo's infrastructure.
Read each README. OpenHands says its npm and from-source routes give the agent full access to your filesystem and to be careful, and offers a Docker route confined to a mounted directory. gptme sandboxes execution in Docker or Wasmtime. Cline requires approval on every edit and command unless you enable auto-approve. Kilo Code's --auto flag removes all prompts.
No. OpenHands is bring-your-own-model. goose works with 15+ providers including Ollama. Cline supports Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, Bedrock, Azure, Vertex, Groq, Ollama and LM Studio. gptme runs hosted providers or a local llama.cpp server. Kilo Code offers 500+ models through its gateway.
Running one of these inside your own environment, with your own data and your own security rules, is the kind of work Reveneau does. Read how a forward deployed engagement works.