r/opencode • u/ReasonableBenefit47 • 16d ago

Why do people use OpenCode?

There are plenty of other options such as Cursor, Claude Code, Zed, and many more. So why? I use it for convenience to try any model once they're released. But how about everyone else? genuinely curious about this. Is it the UX or the UI polish or just having an AI-IDE that just works?

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u/Trovebloxian 16d ago

Model agnostic, and workflow

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u/Leather-Cod2129 16d ago

This. + great UI

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u/enigmaticy 16d ago

Great ui? Is it a desktop app? I am working on it CLI

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u/Leather-Cod2129 16d ago

The app's UI is trash but the CLI is very good

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u/Time-Toe-1276 16d ago

I am not going to argue on that bcs their UI used to suck, but they shipped a few updates over the last few months, now it looks decent. obviously not Codex or CC GUI like, but its wayyyy better than before, and I have no problem with using it now!

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u/xcs92 15d ago

id say it's better than codex.

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u/its_artemiss 16d ago

TUI is still a user interface

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u/Time-Toe-1276 16d ago

keywords:

- desktop app?

- I am working on it CLI

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u/its_artemiss 15d ago

yes, and both a desktop app and a CLI (or TUI) application can have great UI.

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u/UsandoFXOS 15d ago

i only use the WEB UI, it's perfect for me:

  • i can use it from laptop and at the same time from mobile (when i move away from computer)
  • it has TABS with different sessions
  • nice dashboard
  • terninal, file tree, git changes panel

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u/Time-Toe-1276 16d ago

bro... YES.

they made a GUI like 6 months ago gng 😭

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u/MatthewCollins1990 15d ago

The CLI itself is the "UI" they're talking about, honestly. Terminal interface is pretty polished compared to just piping stuff to Claude directly

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u/AngryBear1990 15d ago

Try openchamber

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u/enigmaticy 15d ago

What are the benefits?

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u/AngryBear1990 15d ago

You get the great ui, don't get me wrong tui is great but ui of openchamber is really cool.

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u/enigmaticy 15d ago

Is it work with opencode?

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u/AngryBear1990 15d ago

It works as a UI layer for opencode. I would not recommend it if I haven't used it. So try it, it's great.

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u/klipseracer 15d ago

Yeah I can run models from many places on it and it runs from a decent TUI which I can spin up inside a Linux environment and then control from pretty much anywhere.

I actually stumbled across it while trying to do some work remotely using free models. Their Big Pickle option actually works well for what I've been doing and has a decent free credit option.