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OpenHands Agent Canvas
OpenHands Agent Canvas is a developer control center for running coding agents and automations, including OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and other ACP-compatible agents.
The same interface can connect to agents running on a laptop, in Docker, on a VM, in OpenHands Cloud, or inside company infrastructure. It also brings conversations, plugins, agent profiles, and scheduled or event-driven automations into that shared workspace. Use this as a first read, not a recommendation. Open the original project before trusting details like terms, limits, privacy, cost, setup, or safety.
What it is
A control center for coding agents
Agent Canvas gives coding-agent work a shared interface: start conversations, choose an agent backend, connect credentials, and manage automations from one browser-based workspace.
Why it stands out
The agent choice is not fixed
Agent Canvas supports the built-in OpenHands agent plus Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and custom ACP servers. That makes it useful for testing how different coding agents behave around the same project work.
Availability
Public source with active releases
Agent Canvas now lives in the flagship OpenHands repository after its original repository was archived. The June transition FAQ described it as beta. Recent releases have added conversation archiving, inline Markdown artifact previews, context-window usage and manual compaction controls, a Git Sync page, structured error outcomes, and LLM setup validation.
Why it matters
What makes it useful
OpenHands Agent Canvas lets a developer keep one visible workspace while changing both the coding agent and the machine that runs it. That makes it easier to separate personal work on a laptop from longer-running or shared work on a VM or team backend, without losing the conversation and automation layer around it.
What to know
Where it fits
Read it as the workspace and control layer around coding agents, not as one model or one local-only assistant. The built-in OpenHands agent can share the interface with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or a custom ACP server, while each backend keeps its own settings, credentials, project access, and automation service.
Notable points
What stands out
The original Agent Canvas repository was archived after the code moved into OpenHands/OpenHands in July 2026. The flagship repository now carries the Canvas UI and the current release line. The June transition FAQ described Agent Canvas as beta and kept the older Local GUI in maintenance while isolated, temporary sandboxes remained a gap.
Before using
What to review
Which backend will run the agent: local machine, Docker, VM, OpenHands Cloud, enterprise infrastructure, or another remote setup.
What project folders, shell commands, network access, secrets, conversation data, and working copies the agent server can touch.
The self-hosting security checklist, especially API keys, HTTPS, firewall or VPN controls, SSH access, filesystem protection, and key rotation.
Whether the selected agent is OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or a custom ACP server, and where that agent stores credentials.
The current release notes and open issues before relying on the desktop app, plugins, agent profiles, automations, or other fast-moving features.
Reader fit
Who may find it relevant
Developers comparing coding agents without wanting each agent trapped in a separate workflow.
Teams that want agents to run on a VM, server, or shared backend instead of only in one laptop session.
People building recurring coding-agent automations for pull requests, repository events, Slack messages, or scheduled work.
Less relevant for someone looking only for a simple chatbot, a model checkpoint, or a no-setup consumer coding assistant.
Editorial note
Why LifeHubber lists it
LifeHubber lists OpenHands Agent Canvas because it makes two choices visible in the same workspace: which coding agent should do the work, and which machine or backend should run it. Readers can compare that flexibility against the setup cost and the access each backend has to files, credentials, commands, and automation triggers.
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What to explore next
Keep the coding workflow understandable and recoverable.
Once one workspace can switch agents and backends, the next questions are what should stay in your own files, how other agent setups organise the work, and which permissions matter when an agent can use the desktop.
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