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AnomalyAI Coding Agent

OpenCode

Open-source, MIT-licensed coding agent that edits code and runs commands from a terminal UI, desktop app, web client, or editor extension. It runs on models from 75+ vendors, local models, or an existing GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT plan.

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The 30-Second Take

OpenCode is the agent to adopt when a team runs several model vendors, and in most head-to-head accounts it holds up against Claude Code as a daily driver.

Anthropic prohibits using a Claude Pro or Max plan in it, so Claude-heavy teams pay API rates.

Best fit
Teams that run several model providers or open models and want one agent they can script and extend.
Main constraint
Allow-by-default permissions with no built-in sandbox, on a release pace that has broken working setups.
First move
Pin one version and ship a deny-first permission policy before anyone runs it outside a container.

Why

Its headless server and SDK let the team's own scripts and pipelines drive sessions. The team owns the guardrails, since OpenCode 2 allows every action except .env reads by default and ships no sandbox.

Buying and deployment

What engineering leaders should verify before a broader rollout.

How you buy it

Free, MIT license

Models come from your own keys, a Copilot or ChatGPT sign-in, Zen, or Go at US$10 a month.

Source 1, Anomaly, OpenCode Go: OpenCode GoSource 2, Anomaly, Enterprise: Enterprise

Details

The agent is free under the MIT license. Models come from your own provider keys, a GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT Plus or Pro sign-in, OpenCode Zen pay-as-you-go, or OpenCode Go at US$10 per month (Go Plus US$40 per month). Enterprise is priced per seat through sales.

Cost drivers

Model usage

Go allows 20% of the monthly allowance per 5 hours; Zen adds US$1.23 per US$20 top-up.

Source 1, Anomaly, OpenCode Go: OpenCode GoSource 2, Anomaly, Enterprise: Enterprise

Details

Model usage is the cost. Go limits run on rolling windows of 20% of the monthly allowance per 5 hours and 50% per week. Zen passes through provider prices plus US$1.23 per US$20 top-up. Enterprise charges no tokens when you bring your own gateway.

Where it runs

Terminal, desktop, web

Plus VS Code, Cursor, Zed, Windsurf, and VSCodium extensions and GitHub Actions.

Source 3, Anomaly, Download: Download

Details

Terminal UI, desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux, a web client, extensions for VS Code, Cursor, Zed, Windsurf, and VSCodium, and GitHub Actions through /opencode comments. In OpenCode 2 every client attaches to one background server.

What to verify

Allow by default

OpenCode 2 allows every action except .env reads, and outside paths need no prompt.

Source 4, Anomaly, OpenCode 2 permissions: OpenCode 2 permissions

Details

OpenCode 2 allows every action except .env reads by default, and paths outside the project proceed without a prompt. Confirm data retention for any Go or free model you allow, and that no one connects a Claude Pro or Max plan.

Verified against OpenCode documentation

Signals

What is the current evidence saying about OpenCode?

A current read of what developers, teams, and technical leaders report publicly about OpenCode, with every finding linked to the words it was coded from.

Whose sources count

GILD score, all practitioners

+44 Positive net

of 80 sources that take a side. Confirmed sources count more.

How this figure is made

Current sentiment

Positive, mixed and negative sources

The read is positive. Plugins and model choice draw the most praise, followed by the server and SDK that teams build agents on. Lean prompts and low-cost plans also draw praise. Permission defaults are the most frequent concern, followed by the data OpenCode receives by default, then release churn.

Aug 2025 to Oct 2026.

88 sources from practitioners, by month and sentiment.

What practitioners praise

Top praise of 6. Each mark is a source on it; filled marks praise it.

  1. Plugins and Custom AgentsAll 13 sources on it praise it

Most common concerns

Top concern of 8. Each mark is a source on it; filled marks raise it.

  1. Permissive Defaults and No SandboxAll 7 sources on it raise it as a concern
All 109 sources behind these findings
  1. Comment on: The State of Context Engineeringcyanydeez, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 25, 2026
  2. Comment on: OpenCode agents and markdown engineeringverdverm, developer using custom agents and subagents in OpenCode (self-described: OpenCode workflow with custom agents and subagents), Hacker News comment, published Oct 25, 2026
  3. OpenCodeAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  4. DownloadAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  5. Intro (OpenCode 1)Anomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  6. OpenCode 2 docs: IntroAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  7. Anomaly: OpenCode 2.0 (Oct 12, 2026)Anomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  8. ChangelogAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  9. ProvidersAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  10. ConfigAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  11. Permissions (OpenCode 1)Anomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  12. OpenCode 2 docs: PermissionsAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  13. ServerAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  14. WebAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  15. GitHubAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  16. ACP supportAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  17. Enterprise (docs)Anomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  18. OpenCode EnterpriseAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  19. OpenCode GoAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  20. OpenCode ZenAnomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  21. Security advisory GHSA-vxw4-wv6m-9hhh (CVE-2026-22812)Anomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  22. Security advisory GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4Anomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  23. OpenCode on X: security breach notice (Oct 17, 2026)Anomaly (Official), Product documentation, checked Oct 25, 2026
  24. Post by @alanwells on XAlan Wells, founder of Rocketable (stated in profile) (self-described: Rocketable's QA agent, run before each release and on production), X post, published Oct 24, 2026
  25. Post by @alspinu on XAlex Spînu, Applied AI Tech Lead at Deloitte (stated in profile), self-described, Post on X, published Oct 24, 2026
  26. Post by @bmtrnavsky on XBrad Trnavsky, operations leader (stated in profile), self-described, Post on X, published Oct 24, 2026
  27. Free models are having ridiculous limitsu/Lordddddddy, Reddit poster in r/opencodeCLI, self-described, Reddit post, r/opencodeCLI, published Oct 23, 2026
  28. Post by @fialaerik on XErik Fiala, founder (stated in profile), self-described, Post on X, published Oct 23, 2026
  29. Why I left OpenCode for Pi, then came back for v2u/rizal72, Reddit poster in r/opencodeCLI, self-described, Reddit post, r/opencodeCLI, published Oct 22, 2026
  30. Comment on: Does opencode send chats/other data to their server? It establishes a connection even though I am using local modelu/trytoinfect74, Reddit commenter in r/LocalLLaMA, self-described, Reddit comment, r/LocalLLaMA, published Oct 21, 2026
  31. Post by @sammajayi on Xsammajayi, developer, self-described, Post on X, published Oct 21, 2026
  32. Post by @its_eknock on Xits_eknock, builder in Nairobi (stated in profile), self-described, Post on X, published Oct 20, 2026
  33. Cutting our inference bill by 68% by being obsessive about optimizationRyan Skidmore, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare (Cloudflare's internal AI code reviewer after its move to OpenCode 2), Company engineering blog post, The Cloudflare Blog, published Oct 19, 2026
  34. Comment on: OpenCode Hacked: User credentials leakedjprokay13, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 17, 2026
  35. Comment on: OpenCode Hacked: User credentials leakedjohn01dav, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 17, 2026
  36. Comment on: OpenCode 2.0mmmmbbbhb, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 17, 2026
  37. PSA: OpenCode breach - my stored Anthropic key was used to drain ~$158 overnight. Revoke yours.u/New-Stop1494, Reddit poster in r/ClaudeAI, self-described, Reddit post, r/ClaudeAI, published Oct 17, 2026
  38. Comment on: OpenCode 2.0cute_boi, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 16, 2026
  39. Comment on: OpenCode 2.0spopejoy, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 16, 2026
  40. Comment on: OpenCode 2.0nfriedly, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 15, 2026
  41. Comment on: OpenCode 2.0verdverm, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Oct 15, 2026
  42. Comment on: OpenCode and free modelsotekengineering, engineer trying OpenCode with API credits (self-described: OpenCode with Claude Max API credits and Nemotron), Hacker News comment, published Oct 15, 2026
  43. Comment on: OpenCode MCP integrationsghrl, developer evaluating OpenCode integrations (self-described: OpenCode and provider integrations), Hacker News comment, published Oct 15, 2026
  44. OpenCode 2.0.26 is out, if you need to constantly prompt "Continue" it's not just your bot AFAIKu/SM8085, Reddit poster in r/LocalLLaMA, self-described, Reddit post, r/LocalLLaMA, published Oct 11, 2026
  45. How is opencode v2 going for you guys ? (my experience in description)u/avinthakur080, Reddit poster in r/opencodeCLI, self-described, Reddit post, r/opencodeCLI, published Oct 3, 2026
  46. Cut your AI spend with AI Gateway's Auto RouterAndreas Jansson, Principal Systems Engineer at Cloudflare (Cloudflare's internal OpenCode deployment routed through AI Gateway), Company engineering blog post, The Cloudflare Blog, published Sep 30, 2026
  47. Finally moved off claude code to OSS models on opencodeu/FickleSwordfish8689, Reddit poster in r/ChatGPTCoding, self-described, Reddit post, r/ChatGPTCoding, published Sep 23, 2026
  48. Forced transition from opencode v1 to v2u/CarryOnRTW, Reddit poster in r/opencodeCLI, self-described, Reddit post, r/opencodeCLI, published Sep 16, 2026
  49. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash nerf on OpenCode so now CommandCode is betteru/Arkhaitekton, Reddit poster in r/opencodeCLI, self-described, Reddit post, r/opencodeCLI, published Sep 10, 2026
  50. Why Ramp built its own in-house coding agent, InspectRahul Sengottuvelu, chief technology officer at Ramp (Interview with Ramp's CTO and the engineers who built Inspect), Newsletter deep dive, The Pragmatic Engineer, published Aug 25, 2026
  51. Post by @ivanfioravanti on XIvan Fioravanti, co-founder and board member of CoreView (stated in profile), Post on X, published Jul 22, 2026
  52. Comment on: Annoying and alarming things about OpenCodemartinkivi, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Rails and Vue apps), Hacker News comment, published Jul 21, 2026
  53. Stop Using OpenCodeLuke Wren, engineer, on his personal site (self-described: Undated post, first shared on Hacker News on Jul 20, 2026; source read at commit baef5cd4), Personal blog post, wren.wtf, published Jul 20, 2026
  54. Comment on: Annoying and alarming things about OpenCoderegexorcist, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jul 20, 2026
  55. Comment on: Annoying and alarming things about OpenCodecalgoo, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jul 20, 2026
  56. Comment on: Annoying and alarming things about OpenCodedizhn, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jul 20, 2026
  57. Comment on: Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7kbel8, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jul 14, 2026
  58. Claude Code Is Way More Token-Hungry Than OpenCode. We Measured Exactly How MuchSystima, AI consultancy whose team usually works in OpenCode (self-described: Systima team, same model and machine for both agents), Company blog post, Systima blog, published Jul 12, 2026
  59. Comment on: Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7kneya, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Database migrations, code audits and documentation), Hacker News comment, published Jul 12, 2026
  60. Comment on: AUR packages compromised with Infostealer and Rootkitporridgeraisin, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jun 12, 2026
  61. How we built a background agent to cover 30% of our backlogIshaan Jaffer, CTO at LiteLLM (LiteLLM's background agent that takes tickets from Linear and files pull requests), Company engineering blog post, LiteLLM blog, published May 27, 2026
  62. Comment on: DeepSeek reasonix, DeepSeek native coding agent with high caching and low costestebarb, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published May 24, 2026
  63. Comment on: DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanentpzo, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published May 23, 2026
  64. Claude Code, OpenCode, and π (pi): anatomy of a trivial requestCarmelo Daniele, developer and OpenCode user (self-described: Same model on Amazon Bedrock through LiteLLM for all three agents), Personal blog post, cd4n1's blog, published May 18, 2026
  65. The AI engineering stack we built internally - on the platform we shipRajesh Bhatia, leader of the Productivity Platform function at Cloudflare (Company-wide OpenCode setup at Cloudflare, configured from one internal discovery endpoint), Company engineering blog post, The Cloudflare Blog, published Apr 20, 2026
  66. Orchestrating AI Code Review at scaleRyan Skidmore, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare (CI-native code reviewer that runs OpenCode in GitLab CI across Cloudflare's repositories), Company engineering blog post, The Cloudflare Blog, published Apr 20, 2026
  67. Agents that remember: introducing Agent MemoryTyson Trautmann, Senior Director, Engineering at Cloudflare (Internal OpenCode plugin that gives Cloudflare teams shared agent memory), Company engineering blog post, The Cloudflare Blog, published Apr 17, 2026
  68. How we build internal agents at BrowserbaseDerek Meegan, software engineer at Browserbase (bb, Browserbase's shared internal agent for support investigations and code changes), Company engineering blog post, Browserbase blog, published Apr 16, 2026
  69. Building the foundation for running extra-large language modelsKevin Flansburg, Senior Manager, Engineering at Cloudflare (Workers AI serving Kimi K2.5 to Cloudflare's internal OpenCode users), Company engineering blog post, The Cloudflare Blog, published Apr 16, 2026
  70. What we learned building 200+ API integrations with OpenCodeRobin Guldener, co-founder and CEO of Nango (self-described: Nango background agent that builds API integrations), Company engineering blog post, Nango blog, published Apr 1, 2026
  71. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentDarkmoon_UK, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 29, 2026
  72. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentport11, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 22, 2026
  73. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentctmnt, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 22, 2026
  74. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentscuff3d, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  75. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentjFriedensreich, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  76. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentpprotas, Hacker News commenter (self-described: Personal homelab on a Raspberry Pi 4B), Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  77. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentmovq, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  78. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentlukewarm707, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  79. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentsolarkraft, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  80. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentsorentwo, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  81. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentNicuCalcea, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  82. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentboomskats, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  83. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentfrankdejonge, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  84. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentrurban, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  85. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentzkmon, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  86. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentl72, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  87. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentarthurjean, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  88. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentImustaskforhelp, Hacker News commenter (self-described: 512 MB virtual private server), Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  89. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentmonkey26, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  90. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agenthereme888, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  91. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentplastic3169, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  92. Comment on: OpenCode, Open source AI coding agentEnPissant, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Mar 21, 2026
  93. Powering the agents: Workers AI now runs large models, starting with Kimi K2.5Kevin Flansburg, Senior Manager, Engineering at Cloudflare (Cloudflare engineers using Kimi K2.5 on Workers AI inside OpenCode), Company engineering blog post, The Cloudflare Blog, published Mar 19, 2026
  94. [Critical] Memory leak causes kernel soft lockups (356s, 7/8 CPUs), OOM kills (111GB virt/21GB RSS), and total system death on Linuxroymecat, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Feb 12, 2026
  95. AI-Assisted Software Development with OpenCode: How We're Shaping the Future of Coding at innFactoryTobias Jonas, Co-CEO at innFactory AI (innFactory development team adopting OpenCode alongside GitHub Copilot), Company blog post, innFactory AI, published Jan 30, 2026
  96. OpenCode is not private by default?MatthewCroughan, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Jan 24, 2026
  97. opencode not respecting permissionsvstenvik, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Jan 16, 2026
  98. Comment on: Anthropic Explicitly Blocking OpenCodeJeremyNT, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jan 15, 2026
  99. Comment on: Anthropic Explicitly Blocking OpenCodejmspring, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jan 15, 2026
  100. Copilot auth now sets far too many requests as "user" consuming premium requests rapidlybowmanjd, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Jan 12, 2026
  101. Comment on: Unauthenticated remote code execution in OpenCodelvl155, Hacker News commenter, self-described, Hacker News comment, published Jan 12, 2026
  102. Post by @rahulgs on XRahul Sengottuvelu, chief technology officer at Ramp (Ramp's background coding agent, Inspect), X post, published Jan 12, 2026
  103. Post by @zachbruggeman on XZach Bruggeman, Engineer at Ramp (Ramp's background coding agent, Inspect), X post, published Jan 12, 2026
  104. Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in OpenCodeCyberShadow, security researcher who reported the flaw (self-described: Security research, reported Nov 17, 2025, disclosed Jan 11, 2026), Security disclosure, cy.md, published Jan 11, 2026
  105. Broken Claude Maxpiotryordanov, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Jan 9, 2026
  106. Promoting AI agentsDavid Heinemeier Hansson, co-owner and CTO of 37signals (Making OpenCode a default in the next version of Omarchy, the Linux setup he created), Personal blog post, DHH on HEY World, published Jan 7, 2026
  107. opencode eating 70gb of memory?albertilagan, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Dec 11, 2025
  108. Copy To Clipboard is not workingmaheshmuttintidev, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Nov 13, 2025
  109. Is there a way to sandbox the agent ?edmBernard, GitHub issue author on anomalyco/opencode, self-described, GitHub issue, published Aug 25, 2025
The full readExplore all OpenCode Signals6 praise themes, 8 concerns, 3 points of agreement and 2 disagreements across all three groups, with all 109 sources open to inspect.

Where It Fits

Where does OpenCode belong in the stack?

OpenCode is Core across Build, supports Plan and Validate, and touches Ship and Operate.

Business area
Product & Engineering
Function
Software Development
Operating stack
Agentic Software Development
Primary role
Open-Source Coding Agent on Any Model
OpenCode beside the rest of its stackThe Stack Field, every product on every layer
FootprintOpenCode across the Agentic Software Development stack. Bar height is its role on each layer.
  1. Plan

    1. Work planning: Supports

      Work planning, supports. The built-in plan agent reads the codebase and drafts an approach, and in OpenCode 2 it may write only under ~/.opencode/plan; planning stays in the team's tracker.

  2. Build

    1. Codebase context: Supports

      Codebase context, supports. OpenCode reads and searches files, loads AGENTS.md rules, and feeds diagnostics from built-in LSP servers back to the model; it keeps no hosted index of the repository.

    2. Coding: Core

      Coding, core. This is OpenCode's primary role: editing code across a repository from the terminal UI, desktop app, web client, an IDE extension, or opencode run in a script.

    3. Agent runtime: Core

      Agent runtime, core. In OpenCode 2 one background server holds every session. The terminal UI, desktop app, web client, and VS Code, Cursor, Zed, and Windsurf extensions attach to it, and ACP brings it into other editors.

    4. Tool execution: Core

      Tool execution, core. OpenCode runs shell commands, MCP servers, custom tools, and plugins under allow, ask, or deny rules, and its default policy allows every action except .env reads.

  3. Validate

    1. Debugging: Supports

      Debugging, supports. OpenCode investigates failures by reading code, running commands, and reading LSP diagnostics; debuggers and tracing stay with dedicated tools.

    2. Testing: Supports

      Testing, supports. OpenCode runs test suites from the shell and fixes failures it finds, while test infrastructure and coverage stay with the team's tooling.

    3. Code review: Touches

      Code review, touches. A /opencode comment on a pull request runs OpenCode in GitHub Actions against that change, but OpenCode is not a dedicated review product.

    4. Application security: Touches

      Application security, touches. Permission rules limit which tools and paths the agent may use, but OpenCode ships no sandbox and does no application security scanning.

  4. Ship

    1. Source control: Touches

      Source control, touches. The GitHub integration works on a new branch and opens a pull request, and OpenCode 2 can move a session into a git worktree; Git stays the system of record.

    2. CI/CD: Touches

      CI/CD, touches. opencode run and the server's OpenAPI endpoint run the agent headless in scripts and GitHub Actions; build and delivery stay in the team's CI/CD.

  5. Operate

    1. Observability: Touches

      Observability, touches. OpenCode can read logs and run diagnostic commands it is given access to, but it provides no monitoring or alerting for your systems.

Market mapThe layers OpenCode covers, and who else owns each one.

  1. Coding & implementation

    CoreBuild

  2. Agent interface & developer runtime

    CoreBuild

  3. Tool execution & integrations

    CoreBuild

  4. Work planning & task decomposition

    SupportsPlan

  5. Codebase context & intelligence

    SupportsBuild

7 more layers on the full map. Core, Supports and Touches describe coverage. They say nothing about quality.

Operator Insights

What are engineering leaders learning from deploying OpenCode?

Comparisons

How does OpenCode compare with the alternatives?

  1. OpenCode vs Claude Code

    • AI Coding Agents

    Claude Code runs Anthropic's models, and every paid Claude plan includes it. OpenCode runs any provider but cannot use a Claude Pro or Max plan, which Anthropic prohibits, so Claude in OpenCode means API or cloud-provider billing. Choose by whether Claude is your only model.

  2. OpenCode vs Codex

    • AI Coding Agents

    Codex comes with ChatGPT plans and starts inside a sandbox. OpenCode can sign in with ChatGPT Plus or Pro too and adds every other provider, while its default policy allows edits and commands with no sandbox. The question is how many model vendors your engineers need.

  3. OpenCode vs Aider

    • AI Coding Agents

    Both are open-source terminal agents on your own keys, local models included. Aider pair-programs on the files you add and commits each change to git, and its latest release shipped on February 12, 2026. OpenCode adds subagents, a server, and desktop and web clients, and ships several releases a week.

More on OpenCode

  1. GILD ReviewGILD's evaluation, with the buying facts
  2. Research1 piece
  3. Guides2 guides
  4. Operator Insights1 operator account
  5. Where It FitsOn the Agentic Software Development stack
  6. Related Products8 products