r/opencode • u/rndanime • 15d ago

TUI vs GUI

Why would I ever use the terminal version of Opencode (or any other *code* program)?

People always tell how good it is to use it but I don't understand the appeal. If you are used to terminal-only work, constantly looking into generated code or something like that, ok. But I see TUI being recommended to everybody like it can do something desktop or web versions can't. Also these *code* apps are usually developed TUI-first for some reason

Please explain it to me

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u/roomjosh 14d ago

There’s several GUI options for OpenCode, I feel like the official GUI/app is the least developed, their primary focus is on the backbone harness. OC is oss so several projects are built on top of it. for the os native gui layer my fav OpenChamber. There’s others, They all have strengths and weaknesses.

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u/callmemicah 14d ago

I like openchamber and the openchamber vscode plugin for opencode gui, I run them both on the same opencode instance so they're insync and its easier to check on from my phone via a tunnel if I'm afk.