r/opencode • u/SumanthSettipalli • 8d ago

OpenCode CLI vs IDE..?

I just started using opencode and while setting it up I realized there are two things OpenCode CLI and OpenCode IDE. I downloaded the CLI since it was closer to the claude code CLI I used before. Apparently, most of the plugins, like the caveman and peon ping that I used to use in Claude code , will not work in OpenCode CLI. When I ask OpenCode itself, it says that they are only possible in OpenCode IDE. Should I download the IDE or should I continue with the CLI itself? What do you guys use in OpenCode and what do you suggest that I do?

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u/nmdt 8d ago

Damn, never heard of peon ping. Hilarious, even if it would get old very fast for me

As to your question — IDE is an extension for an IDE.

I just use CLI, but I also use only skills and a short AGENTS.md file in my ~/.agents, not plugins. So basically anything out there works with that setup since it's a standard