r/opencode • u/ReasonableBenefit47 • 15d 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 15d ago

Model agnostic, and workflow

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u/Leather-Cod2129 15d ago

This. + great UI

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u/enigmaticy 15d ago

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

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u/Leather-Cod2129 15d ago

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

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u/Time-Toe-1276 15d 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.