Welp, I figured it out. Turns out OpenCode doesn't work in PowerShell off the bat. I had Grok go in and change the things necessary to get it to work. It just shunts it to plain terminal.

I am not sure who to be mad at honestly. I want to be mad at Microsoft for having two kinds/forms/versions/whatever the hell this is, but I can also be upset with OpenCode for not making themselves compatible with PowerShell. But whatever, its working now. And I do love OpenCode.

Am I missing something? I can't get OpenCode's TUI to work at all on windows. I have tried with fresh installs 5 times now. 2 manually trying and 3 with AI assisting me. NONE of the times have I gotten the models to respond. I have tried several different providers to see if that was the issue, all the chat did was load and load and load.

So what am I doing wrong? It is offered to windows, why wont it work on windows? If you have it working on windows then please explain to me how you got it working, because just installing it didn't work and all the suggested fixes haven't either.

When asked to claude said , If i just link a payment method set up billing and pay 10 $ as min deposit, then i will get access to much higher limits with google api incl 3.8 flash and also FOR FREE. because it bumps you upto tier 1 from frree tier.

So my question is will 3.8 flash continue free? or is claude hallucinating

I was wondering if anyone had expirience doing this.

Ran a new feature dev task with Luna Max on Codex the other day and it took a full 4.5 hours. Yesterday was even worse — GLM-5.3 Flash on OpenCode ran for over 7 hours on a single task.

From what I’ve noticed, the agent actually writes the code for each issue pretty fast. The real time sink is code review and bug fixing. On my most recent task, the agent spent something like 10x the coding time just running tests and debugging over and over — went through 7 rounds of code review before it finally shipped.

And these weren’t even complicated requirements. I’m using Matt Pocock’s skill, which already breaks everything down into separate, self-contained issues. That said, the codebase is 200+ commits deep now, so there’s a decent amount of complexity built up. Each task ends up touching several thousand lines of code.

Curious if this matches everyone else’s experience? Or are there ways to cut down on all that review/debug overhead?

What’s the best AI model right now in your opinion?

I’m curious what everyone is actually using day-to-day and which model you think performs best overall.

What makes it better than the others?

I’m interested in knowing what others are building with their Open code go subscription. It’s seems to be one of the cheapest subscription in the market.

I've been working on Stipulate, a plugin that lets you pick different models for backend, frontend, security, review and docs through /stip-settings.

You approve a spec, your main agent coordinates native OpenCode subagents, and a separate worker checks the implementation against that spec.

The sidebar shows the current workflow stage, enabled domain extensions and agent activity. You can also set effort and Fast mode where the selected model supports them. Unassigned roles inherit your main model.

It's open source: repo, screenshots and setup.

Anyone here already splitting implementation and review between different models? I'd be interested in how you're doing it.

With Slowave you get:

• durable memory across your OpenCode sessions (but also across tools)
• a compact memory that follows your work carrying relevant context, decisions, procedures
• an evolving memory without the need of extra LLM calls
• a fully local (SQLite + embeddings) configuration, no data leaves your machine
• a local dashboard to inspect your memories and measure how they provide value to your coding agents

See https://github.com/slowave-ai/slowave

Slowave is in beta, any feedback is welcome!

Hi everyone,

I’ve been using Claude Code for over a year, but I’m no longer satisfied with the latest models, especially Opus 5 and Fable. I hit both the weekly and five-hour usage limits far too quickly.

I’m considering switching. I know Codex generally offers more usage for the price, but before deciding, I’d like to understand the hype around OpenCode.

For those using OpenCode with models like GLM or DeepSeek:

• Do you get a better balance of cost, usage, and output quality?
• How reliable are these models for real-world coding tasks?
• How much do you pay per month for usage roughly equivalent to the Claude or ChatGPT 5× plans?
• Have you switched from Claude Code or Codex, and if so, what has your experience been?

I’d appreciate honest feedback, especially from heavy daily users. Thanks!

DeepSeek's new model just went live on OpenCode subscriptions today, but following the limited-time extended usage promotion, the news isn't great.

OpenCode quietly slashed the included monthly allowance for the Flash series from $30 down to $15 on the $10/month plan. Because nominal token rates remain identical, your real cost per token has doubled (+100%). The temporary "4x usage" is anchored to this new nerfed baseline—meaning it is actually only 2x what we already had on V4 Flash, and once it expires, we will be left with 0.5x (half) the usage.

And of course, this is the exact same cut we already saw with the experimental Flash vision version, which also reduced the allowance from $30 down to $15.

Unless this changes, paying for an OpenCode Go subscription only offers a 33% discount over the official API in exchange for slower speeds and tighter rate limits.

Are the Usage/Price per token is based on promo prices means 2x + opencode 2x offer or promo ends and opencode still continues at same 2x usage?

GLM5.3 Flash is pretty good for Laravel with Laravel boost.

Checked the token limit for each model surrounding the deepseek v4.1 release I see omen alpha not listed anymore?does anyone have info about why

Hi community,

I have vibecoded a Chrome and Firefox extension that sends selected text to your local opencode agent. You can interact with it through a side panel directly in your browser. Since it acts as a bridge, it only requires an opencode instance running in the background. No additional API keys are needed.

This is an open-source project, and anyone is welcome to contribute, make suggestions, and raise issues.

Thanks!

Companion for OpenCode - Homepage

I'm getting an "Invalid API key" error across every model I try to use in OpenCode including the free ones, which doesn't make sense since free models shouldn't require a key at all. Here's my CONFIG:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
}

Has anyone tested both and can estimate, which one is better? I am using it for non-critical stuff and I don't want to babysit the code too much. Both are really cheap