211,380 stars · MIT (read from /blob/dev/LICENSE, unmodified, 'Copyright (c) 2025 opencode') · v1.18.34 (30 Sep 2026, read from /releases/latest; npm opencode-ai 1.18.34 confirms the version) · Track this in Scout
A coding assistant that runs in a terminal and edits the files in the folder you start it in.
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What it is
A terminal program that connects to many different AI model providers and acts as an agent, meaning it can read files, write files and run commands rather than only answering questions. It is written to be provider-neutral, so the same tool works with several paid services and with models you run yourself.
What it is good for. Anyone who writes code without a colleague to review it, and anyone who works mostly in a terminal rather than in a graphical editor. It suits repetitive work across many files, where asking a chat window forty times would be slower than describing the job once. It is also the right shape for someone who does not want to install a particular editor just to get an assistant.
- Plain MIT licence, read from the LICENSE file, with nothing added to it.
- It is not tied to one AI company, so a price rise at one provider does not strand you.
- It is busy. Code landed on the morning this edition was written, and release v1.18.34 is three days old.
- 4,700 open issues and 1,600 open pull requests. That is by far the largest board of any project in this edition, and it means a bug you report may wait a long time.
- Every request costs money at the AI provider. A long session on a large folder is a real bill, and nothing in the tool caps it.
- It runs commands and edits files directly. Use it on a folder that is already in version control, so you can undo what you do not like.
- openai/codex
Another terminal coding agent, far more popular at 127,393 stars, but built by one model provider around its own models rather than being neutral between them.
Track this in Scout - google-gemini/gemini-cli
The same idea from Google, at 107,165 stars, with a generous free tier and the same single-provider limit.
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Aider-AI/aiderCovered in Edition 25. It commits each change to git as it goes, which makes undoing one step easier, but its last code landed in May 2026 rather than this week.
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curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash
