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github-actions-runner-operatorvsopenhands

Two self-hosted Developer Tools projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

github-actions-runner-operatoropenhands
Score50/10087/100
Rank in category#76 of 166 in Developer Tools#1 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars44892 105
Stars, last 30 days—+3 107
Stable releases, 12 months054
Latest release—v1.34.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

openhands scores 87/100 against 50/100 for github-actions-runner-operator, so it is the safer default.

openhands ships more often: 54 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for github-actions-runner-operator.

openhands is growing faster right now (+3 107 stars in 30 days).

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