Honcho AI Agent
by plastic-labsMemory library for building stateful agents
Honcho is an open-source ai agent by plastic-labs, written mainly in Python, with 7,870 GitHub stars and the AGPL-3.0 license. Its code was last updated Oct 31, 2026. The latest PyPI release is honcho-ai 2.9.0, published Nov 10, 2026, with 61,653 downloads last week.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit b57a373. Seen able to connect to the internet. Scan policy
What Honcho can touch
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run shell commandsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read environment and secretsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Connect to the internetFound in the code by our scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit b57a373, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Honcho
AgenticMart scanned Honcho on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An AI agent decides its own next steps and calls whatever tools you give it, so its risk depends on the access you grant.
Before you install
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by plastic-labs on GitHub, 7,870 stars and 961 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Oct 31, 2026.
- Open-source license: AGPL-3.0.
Honcho is an open-source ai agent by plastic-labs, written mainly in Python. Memory library for building stateful agents
At a glance
- Stars
- 7.9k
- Forks
- 961
- Language
- Python
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Created
- Sep 2023
- Last update
- Oct 31, 2026
- Type
- AI Agent
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Honcho
What is Honcho?
Memory library for building stateful agents
Who maintains Honcho?
Honcho is maintained by plastic-labs on GitHub (plastic-labs/honcho). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Honcho safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Honcho on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Honcho use?
It is published under the AGPL-3.0 license.
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