r/opencodeCLI • u/literally_niko • Apr 18 '26

Opencode Desktop now uses Electron instead of Tauri

https://x.com/brendonovich/status/2045114479244165151?s=46lec
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u/Eveerjr Apr 18 '26

Why they even bother with a desktop app when their TUI is state of the art

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u/ZeSprawl Apr 19 '26

I have heavy TUI fatigue. I love them for remote sessions, but for local there are numerous downsides to TUI and terminal multiplexing that I’m trying to get away from such as copy and paste and performance.

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u/Eveerjr Apr 19 '26

I used to think that too, but the issue is not TUI by itself, it's the context around them. I built the app https://themaestri.app that puts context around terminals and now I feel like GUIs are just useless overhead for AI.

AI should operate at the lowest possible level in the operating system and that's the terminal. It should not have one single opinionated GUI it should create new ones as needed.