Why hackers moved from Claude Opus 5 to Sol
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I just switched back because performance is much better with Sol.”Gareth321, 2026-08-15original comment ↗
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Claude Opus 5 vs Sol
| Claude Opus 5 | Sol | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 3 | 2 |
| Hackers who criticize | 3 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 2 | 2 |
| Moved to it | 3 | 2 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Claude Opus 5
“I recently caught Opus 5 hallucinating about code it just wrote.”ilitirit, 2026-08-14original comment ↗
“Opus 5 is too verbose.”pmontra, 2026-08-13original comment ↗
Praise for Sol
“I replaced Raycast recently with Sol[0], but SuperCmd[1] is also really good.”theturtletalks, 2026-07-14original comment ↗
Other moves from Claude Opus 5
Other moves to Sol
- SuperCmd → Sol (1)