I've been looking at both OpenHands and SuperAGI for some local AI agent workflows, but I'm stuck on one particular security concern before I even think about deployment. The documentation for both talks about "local" or "self-hosted" operation, but I've seen enough tools that still make unexpected calls home even when you think they're contained.
My main question is: which of these frameworks gives you better, more granular control over outbound network connections? I'm especially concerned about the agent itself trying to reach out to external APIs or services without explicit configuration on my part. I run everything in an isolated VLAN, but I'd prefer the software itself to be designed with a default-deny stance for external calls.
From my reading, OpenHands seems to emphasize its local-first architecture, but I couldn't find a clear list of what domains or IPs it might attempt to contact during normal operation. SuperAGI's setup mentions environment variables for API keys, but does it fail closed if those aren't set, or does it try some fallback?
Has anyone done a packet capture or set up strict egress firewall rules while testing either platform? I'm less interested in feature comparisons right now and more in understanding the actual network behavior. Knowing which one is more transparent and controllable would help me decide where to invest my testing time.
Paul
Better safe than sorry.