- feat(helm): make cluster-scoped RBAC optional
- fix(supervisor): keep session retries during startup
- fix(e2e): reserve distinct corporate proxy fixture ports
- test(cli): migrate gateway-free smoke coverage
- test(conformance): migrate file transfer coverage
- fix(server): retry provider attachment CAS conflicts
OpenShell by NVIDIA Corporation
OpenShell is the safe, private runtime for autonomous AI agents.
Recently added on Oct 10, 2026. The description, category and pricing were filled in from public metadata and have not been checked by an editor yet.
Price
Free (OSS)
free and open source
Popularity
#1 in Agent tooling
Gid Score 76 / 100 · #6 of 378 overall
Trend
Growing fast
usage up 201.3% over 30 days
Development
Actively updated
latest 0.1.3, yesterday
Community
15.6K GitHub stars
89.4K package downloads a week
What OpenShell does
Key facts
| Maker | NVIDIA Corporation |
|---|---|
| First released | February 2026 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Rust |
| Open issues and PRs | 589 |
Pricing
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
, checked Oct 10, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (Apache-2.0)
- Closest alternativeLiteLLM · all alternatives
Get started with OpenShell
| PyPI | pip install openshell |
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OpenShell news
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74 agents added to AgentGid
Symphony, OpenShell, Codex Security, NemoClaw, Agent Browser, Opensre, Caveman, Brag, Open Code Review, Understand-Anything, Codegraph, BrowserSkill and 62 more
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OpenShell 0.1.3 released
feat(helm): make cluster-scoped RBAC optional; fix(supervisor): keep session retries during startup; fix(e2e): reserve distinct corporate proxy fixture ports
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OpenShell gained 4,280 GitHub stars in a week
Now at 15.2K stars, against about 614 a week over the month before.
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OpenShell downloads up 74% in a week
57.3K npm and PyPI downloads in the 7 days to Oct 2, against 32.9K the week before.
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OpenShell 0.1.2 released
docs(policy): clarify sandbox-local loopback access; docs: refresh architecture and extensibility pages; fix(supervisor-network): keep workload bytes read with a mediated CONNECT header
What changed: recent OpenShell releases
29 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- docs(policy): clarify sandbox-local loopback access
- docs: refresh architecture and extensibility pages
- fix(supervisor-network): keep workload bytes read with a mediated CONNECT header
- fix(homebrew): overwrite generated gateway config during migration
- fix(ci): keep snap canary sandbox name within limit
- fix(docs): sync redirects with versioned snapshots
- fix(gateway): make the WebSocket tunnel opt-in
- test(binary-identity): stabilize procfs identity fixtures
- docs(tutorials): run Pi with OpenRouter
- fix(snap): require mTLS for the snap gateway
- docs: describe 0.1 series in release callouts
- ci(codeql): run nightly scans on main
- feat!(ci): remove daily minor release automatic workflow
- fix(kubernetes): recover compute driver watches
- fix(cli): include provider identity metadata for interceptors on update
- fix(sandbox): complete successful main processes
- fix(ci): preserve VM runtime embedding inputs
- fix(dev): harden local cluster and gateway startup
- fix(server): suppress expected session errors on shutdown
- test(network): avoid DNS socket bind race
- chore(deps): bump jdx/mise-action from 4.2.4 to 4.3.0
- fix(ci): normalize macOS binary dependencies
- feat(dev): unify local Kubernetes gateway workflow
- docs(agents): clarify user-visible PR review feedback
- feat(kubernetes): export driver traces over OTLP
- fix(supervisor): log unmatched L7 route denials
- fix(supervisor-network): distinguish absent policy binary from filesystem-access failure
- feat(driver-mxc): native Windows MXC compute driver + server wiring
OpenShell popularity and usage data
OpenShell was downloaded 89.4K times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 8, 2026, up 76.9% on the week before and up 201.3% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 15.6K stars, 7,099 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.1.3, published Oct 9, 2026; there were 4 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 38 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
Download the raw daily series: openshell.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption100
Community50
Attention32
Momentum100
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
OpenShell FAQ
How much does OpenShell cost?
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Is OpenShell open source?
Yes. OpenShell is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is OpenShell?
OpenShell was downloaded 89.4K times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 8, 2026, up 76.9% on the week before and up 201.3% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 15.6K stars, 7,099 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.1.3, published Oct 9, 2026; there were 4 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of OpenShell?
The latest stable release we track is 0.1.3, published on Oct 9, 2026.
What are the alternatives to OpenShell?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are LiteLLM, NemoClaw, Firecrawl, Langfuse.
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Where these numbers come from
PyPI: openshell. GitHub: nvidia/openshell. Site rank: nvidia.com on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: docs.nvidia.com, github.com, pypi.org.