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OpenCode
Open-source terminal coding agent (also desktop app and IDE extension) from Anomaly, the SST team; 75+ providers via Models.dev, with an optional paid model gateway (Zen/Go).
opencode.ai/Active
v1.19.4 released 2026-10-22; repo (moved from sst/opencode to anomalyco/opencode) pushed 2026-10-25; ~221k GitHub stars. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agents
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (71% of 21 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (52% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (71% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- How does finished work usually come back to you? edits in your local working tree while you watch (52% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? yes, documented (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
- When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) (52% of 21 others)
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Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads Anomaly sells OpenCode Zen (curated pay-as-you-go models) and Go. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Agent runs locally; local models via LM Studio/Ollama. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | optional account Any provider API key works; OpenCode Zen account optional. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | AGENTS.md AGENTS.md is its instructions file; also ACP and MCP. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | terminal (CLI or TUI) Also desktop app, IDE extension and web. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | edits in your local working tree while you watch Also a GitHub integration that runs in Actions, but the local TUI is primary. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) 75+ providers through Models.dev. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | yes, documented Homepage FAQ links an LM Studio provider page. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | doesn't ask (a sandbox or automatic reviewer may still block risky actions) "Most permissions default to allow"; only doom_loop, external_directory and .env reads ask. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions No sandbox described. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, AGENTS.md is its main instructions file CLAUDE.md is a fallback only. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | yes, as an agent that editors can drive | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) Zen pay-as-you-go and Go subscription exist as options. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/anomalyco/opencode · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · opencode.ai/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · opencode.ai/docs/acp/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · opencode.ai/docs/mcp-servers/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · opencode.ai/docs/permissions/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · opencode.ai/docs/rules/ · read 2026-10-25
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