Tools / OpenCode

OpenCode

7 recommend 8 criticize 4 moved to it 5 moved away

Why hackers recommend it

“I do give OC credit here, especially after the last week.”

verdverm, 2026-10-14original comment ↗

“It is basically indistinguishable from sonnet.”

calpaterson, 2026-05-29original comment ↗

“I have the luxury of being a hobbyist so I can accept 95% of cutting edge results for something more open.”

“I recent switched from vs code copilot to open code and I kinda miss it.”

Mashimo, 2026-03-01original comment ↗

“Using their recommended settings I had it running with OpenCode last night and it seemed to be doing quite well.”

sosodev, 2026-02-19original comment ↗

“I never run into time-based limits, whereas before”

“Opencode is a pretty good open source alternative to Claude Code”

twelvechess, 2025-12-16original comment ↗

“they are trying to be too much and have made some poor design decisions”

verdverm, 2026-10-08original comment ↗

“Yes, I switched from OpenCode to Pi and never looked back.”

eloisant, 2026-10-02original comment ↗

“Subagents in OpenCode suck. They're blank-slate black boxes that block execution.”

“I do not know why but opencode pushes CPU usage to very high which has NOT happened with DeepSeek harness even once.”

“OpenCode UX is still imperfect though.”

ferris-booler, 2026-08-10original comment ↗

“I switched from OpenCode to Pi and there was a big improvement in terms of tool calling performance and I find the experience less buggy.”

“I tried OpenCode but didn't particular like it as a Claude Code user”

WildGreenLeave, 2026-07-16original comment ↗

“I'm looking for an alternative to OpenCode though, I can barely see the UI.”

brcmthrowaway, 2026-03-13original comment ↗

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