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# 💻 OpenHands

OpenHands is an **autonomous AI software engineer** capable of executing complex engineering tasks and collaborating actively with users on software development projects.
This project is fully open-source, so you can use and modify it however you like.

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Explore the codebase of OpenHands on [GitHub](https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands) or join one of our communities!

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## 🛠️ Getting Started
[Check out the getting started guide on Github](https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands?tab=readme-ov-file#-getting-started)

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