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Haystack vs OpenHands

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Signal	Haystack	OpenHands
Tagline	An open-source Python framework for retrieval, agents, and production AI pipelines.	An open-source platform for software-development agents.
Category	Developer tools	Developer tools
Pricing	Open source	Open source
Platforms	Python, Linux, API	Web, Linux
Features	Composable retrieval and generation pipelines Document stores, agents, and evaluation integrations	Agent workspace for coding tasks Extensible runtime and model integrations
Tags	Coding, Open source, Research	Coding, Open source
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Choose Haystack when

An open-source Python framework for retrieval, agents, and production AI pipelines.

Haystack is an open-source Python framework for retrieval, agents, and production AI pipelines. Its reviewed product surface includes composable retrieval and generation pipelines and document stores, agents, and evaluation integrations. The primary documented workflow is to build source-grounded search and question-answering systems.

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Choose OpenHands when

An open-source platform for software-development agents.

OpenHands is an open-source platform for software-development agents. Its reviewed product surface includes agent workspace for coding tasks and extensible runtime and model integrations. The primary documented workflow is to run and evaluate agents that modify code and use development tools.

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