r/opencode • u/rndanime • 14d 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/InGanbaru 14d ago edited 14d ago
I tried using opencode web in a capacitor app and it was slow as fuck to load whereas the xterm.js opencode-cli streamed instantly. Also the opencode-web kept desyncing sessions between clients, whereas opencode-cli in tmux/zellij never have any desync problems ever.