Application
Agents & OrchestrationCoding
OpenHands
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the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Open-source project (formerly OpenDevin) with a large contributor community.
W2
What
Plans, edits files, runs commands, and browses the web to complete dev tasks.
W3
Where
Executes inside a sandboxed Docker runtime isolated from your host.
W4
When
Handed a task or GitHub issue and left to work end-to-end.
W5
Why
Turns a plain-language ticket into a reviewed pull request with minimal babysitting.
W6
With
A frontier LLM, Docker, and optional GitHub/GitLab integrations.
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