- Send namespaced session and parent-session identity headers with model requests.
- Re-sign locally compiled macOS binaries so they run reliably on macOS 27+. (@ryangamerdev)
- Sign macOS CLI release binaries with a Developer ID.
- docs(web): correct GPT 6.1 Sol cache pricing
- @metal-huang
- fix(tui): use path.sep for plugin name extraction in /status dialog
OpenCode by Anomaly (SST team)
Pulse Score
73 / 100
Rank #7 of 157
Downloads, last 7 days
3.3M
up 22.0% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
10.6M
up 6.1% vs previous 30 days
VS Code installs
1.2M
3.8 / 5 from 25 ratings
GitHub stars
212K
about +200 a day
Latest release
1.18.34
6d ago · 5 in 30 days
Terminal-Bench 2.0
51.7%
#36 of 43 agents · Claude Opus 4.5
Price
Free + $10/mo
checked Oct 6, 2026
Overview
Open-source coding agent from Anomaly (the team behind SST) that runs as a terminal UI, desktop app or IDE extension and connects to 75+ model providers, including local models and existing ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot logins.
OpenCode was downloaded 3.3M times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 22.0% on the week before and up 6.1% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. Its VS Code extension has 1.2M installs and average 3.8 out of 5 across 25 marketplace ratings. The GitHub repository has 212K stars, 7,958 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 1.18.34, published Sep 30, 2026; there were 5 stable releases in the past 30 days. On public GitHub, 871 pull requests were opened from branches with OpenCode's default opencode/ prefix in the week of Sep 28, 2026, and 76% of the pull requests from the four weeks before that were merged. On Terminal-Bench 2.0 its best listed result is 51.7% with Claude Opus 4.5, ranking 36 of 43 agents on that board. It was mentioned in 417 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
OpenCode usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: opencode.csv
Install OpenCode
| npm | npm install -g opencode-ai |
|---|---|
| Homebrew | brew install opencode |
| VS Code | code --install-extension sst-dev.opencode |
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | Anomaly (SST team) |
|---|---|
| Type | Terminal agent + desktop app + IDE extension |
| First released | May 2025 |
| License | MIT |
| Interfaces | CLI, Desktop, IDE extension, Web, SDK |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows |
| Models | 75+ providers via Models.dev incl. local models; OpenCode Zen/Go curated models; GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT Plus/Pro logins |
| Local models | Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp or any OpenAI-compatible local server (docs) |
| Bring your own API key | Yes |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| Open issues and PRs | 6,286 |
| Open VSX downloads | 545,951 (includes updates) |
| Homebrew installs | 19,801 in 30 days · 378,401 in a year |
Pricing
OpenCode is free and open source with free models included and support for any provider key. The optional OpenCode Go subscription is $10/month (Go Plus $40/month); OpenCode Zen is pay-as-you-go ($20 top-ups, per-request at provider rates with no markup).
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption79
Community97
Attention52
Momentum53
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
What changed: recent OpenCode releases
40 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- Cloudflare AI Gateway models now honor provider response and stream timeouts. (@danlapid)
- MCP browser launch failures are now reported when the launcher exits immediately.
- Debug configuration output now redacts credentials and sensitive headers.
- Gemini thinking defaults and effort options now match the supported controls across model generations. (@markmcd)
- docs(web): add Claude Opus 5.5, GPT 6 Sol, and GPT 6 Luna to Zen (#50708)
- @vglafirov
- Fixed Bedrock image attachments so they are only hoisted for Claude, Nova, and Llama 4 models.
- Fixed Together AI streaming usage reporting.
- docs: add DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to Zen
- feat: add Grok 4.7 to Zen and Go
- Restored ACP session model, effort, mode, and reasoning chunk boundaries when loading, resuming, or forking sessions. (@JacobNWolf)
- Show remote config authentication errors during startup and exit with a failure status.
- Request summarized adaptive thinking for GitHub Copilot models.
- @heimoshuiyu
- feat(console): add batch workspace block endpoints
- @JacobNWolf
- Added the Astra system prompt for GPT-6 models.
- Preserved Bedrock DeepSeek model IDs, including ARN-based IDs, so they resolve correctly. (@YeEmrick)
- Updated the Azure provider SDK to pick up compatibility fixes.
- Updated the OpenAI provider SDK to pick up compatibility fixes.
- Added reasoning effort variants for supported GitLab GPT and Claude models. (@far-ouq)
- @heimoshuiyu
- Allow Codex OAuth model filtering to recognize integer GPT versions like gpt-6
- Fixes issue of gpt-6-astra not showing up for openai subscription users
- @Peter267
- docs(zh): fix bold rendering by adding spaces around asterisks (#46231)
- @heimoshuiyu
- feat(console): add quota reset support action (#47313)
OpenCode benchmark results
| Benchmark | Model | Effort | Tasks solved | Cost of run | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Claude Opus 4.5 | — | 51.7% | — | #36 of 43 |
Up to four best runs per board. Scores are not comparable between Terminal-Bench versions. Source: Terminal-Bench (tbench.ai).
Pull requests by OpenCode on GitHub
In the week of Sep 28, 2026, 871 pull requests matching OpenCode's signature (head:opencode/) were opened in public repositories; 76% of those opened in the four weeks before were merged. A branch prefix identifies the tool; the pull request itself is usually opened under the developer's own account.
OpenCode alternatives
| # | Agent | Pulse | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | Last 90 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
OpenAI CodexOpenAI |
82 | 25.6M | up 5.7% | up 21.2% | 15.2M | 128K+153/day | 0.160.1yesterday | Free + $8/mo | ||
| 3 |
Claude CodeAnthropic |
80 | 14.8M | up 11.6% | down 36.4% | 27.1M | 150K+161/day | 2.1.290yesterday | $20/mo | ||
| 5 |
PiEarendil Inc. (created by Mario Zechner) |
75 | 5.2M | up 29.8% | up 52.1% | — | 113K+378/day | 1.0.4yesterday | Free (OSS) | ||
| 24 |
Gemini CLIGoogle |
57 | 453K | up 4.7% | up 1.8% | 1.1M | 107K+24/day | 0.62.07d ago | Varies | ||
| 26 |
Oh My PiStencil Labs (Can Bölük) |
56 | 241K | up 11.4% | up 53.9% | — | 34.4K+111/day | 18.6.12d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 34 |
ClineCline Bot Inc. |
52 | 95K | up 10.1% | down 37.2% | 5.5M | 69.9K+63/day | 0.0.434d ago | Free + $9.99/mo | ||
| No agents match that filter. | |||||||||||
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OpenCode FAQ
How much does OpenCode cost?
OpenCode is free and open source with free models included and support for any provider key. The optional OpenCode Go subscription is $10/month (Go Plus $40/month); OpenCode Zen is pay-as-you-go ($20 top-ups, per-request at provider rates with no markup).
Is OpenCode open source?
Yes. OpenCode is open source, released under the MIT license.
How popular is OpenCode?
OpenCode was downloaded 3.3M times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 22.0% on the week before and up 6.1% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. Its VS Code extension has 1.2M installs and average 3.8 out of 5 across 25 marketplace ratings. The GitHub repository has 212K stars, 7,958 of them added in the last 30 days.
What is the latest version of OpenCode?
The latest stable release we track is 1.18.34, published on Sep 30, 2026.
What are the alternatives to OpenCode?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, Pi, Gemini CLI.
Where these numbers come from
npm: opencode-ai. GitHub: anomalyco/opencode. VS Code Marketplace: sst-dev.opencode. Homebrew: opencode. Wikipedia: OpenCode. Site rank: opencode.ai on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: opencode.ai, github.com, registry.npmjs.org, formulae.brew.sh, marketplace.visualstudio.com, open-vsx.org, en.wikipedia.org.