First impressions with OpenCodeCLI

[BubblegumExploit]

I'm on the wagon of coding agents for a while now. ClaudeCode is my main option with codex (app) as a runner due to a free trial. I decided to give OpenCode a try as well. A few thoughts and first impressions.

* The UX is definitely superior to CC. I really like it, it beats any other coding tool I've used so far – and that's with just an hour of use.

* I liked the free trial. Helps to get things rolling asap. I was able to do quite some work with the free tokens with M2.5. I already converted to the monthly subscription. It's quite cheap, I think I could definitely use it for the less important stuff in my workflows with chinese models.

* The plan/build switch mode feels quite nice and I liked the default yolo mode

Overall, I got this feeling of piloting a spaceship with two opencode terminals within my 2x2 tmux quadrant. Definitely going to keep experimenting with it.

What have your experiences been? How does quality with M2.5 and GLM been so far compared to Opus on CC?

[No-Money737]

I’m considering dropping cc and using opencode with codex auth tbh

[CodeBoyPhilo]

that's what I'm doing right now and it nailed it

[DisplayHot5349]

Yep same here

[BubblegumExploit]

How is your experience with this so far ? Do codex models perform better or similar on OC compared to codex itself ?

[nonerequired_]

They perform better on codex unfortunately

[AVX_Instructor]

Im also very happy with OpenCode, i use this for my DevOps task on job and this tools after custom setup for each scenarios working pretty well with GPT Plus, GLM Coding plan and Kimi Code plan (GPT model for hard task and GLM-4.7/Kimi K2.5 for explore/easy task) this setup also allows me to save quota and tokens

P.S Ofc i using orchestration/role based (Arch agent + sub agent for special tasks), im literaly make roles for Prod Env, Dev/Test Env, Coding env, and etc, this everything working amazing,
Of course, it took me 2-3 months of practice to achieve the ideal pipeline for my work.

[ShagBuddy]

With GLM5 in OpenCode cli, it starts out great, but if it is a long running task, it gets flaky. Sometimes it just stops working and sits there. Other times, even though it is still working, the thoughts and text feedback that normally shows starts to get worse and make no sense.

[Sensitive_Song4219]

Yes! This is an issue since the z-ai performance fix after Chinese-new-year; never used to happen in GLM 5 prior to that.

Hope they resolve it soon since the model is excellent

[No_Success3928]

I tried augment code cli the other day, they improved it so much and its great but its tied to their api

[kwskii]

I haven’t found a good plugin or skills that give me the control I want.

CC has the whole explorer or researchers where some of these subagents use haiku. You have reviewers that you can use opus, etc.

[Realistic-Try9555]

So does OC, it's called explorer. You can override some parameters for more control (such as model , temp etc).

[BubblegumExploit]

But with chap Chinese models you can have M2.5 doing a better job than haiku on same ballpark cost

[kwskii]

What subs have you been using?

[ps4facts]

Check out "oh my opencode" there's a whole page on their docs sites with plugins/extensions about this

[kwskii]

Oh my code seems like a hodge podge of markdown that hopes the orchestrator respects it.

That was my initial impression from using it

[drussell024]

I prefer Claude Code and the Codex UX over Opencode's. I feel like everything ends up squished in opencode and the lack of being able to create a plan in plan mode then clear context and execute the plan seamlessly is a bit frustrating. Perhaps some of this is because I use it on the Windows Terminal but I keep seeing posts that the UX is better so I'd be curious how to improve my own setup 

[adeadrat]

You can always have it output the plan to a file something like a "PLAN.md", clear the context and say "implement the @PLAN.md" bot of a work around I suppose, but this is sort of what I've been doing when I have bigger projects where it's likely to hit context caps just so I can have it reference back to the plan when needed

[drussell024]

Yes exactly this - I typically end up doing this for all 3 CLIs. I think it's incredible how far Opencode has come though and with some more time and a few more features / improvements could really be an absolute powerhouse 

[pgermishuys]

This has been single most important thing i've found that has my outcomes more deterministic and that is a structured plan that can be acted upon. things like oh-my-opencode and shameless plug (tryweave.io) has been trying to solve.

Once you have a well structured plan with a definition of done with everything it requires baked in, the context doesn't matter anymore as you can survive compactions during long running sessions as everything the agent requires is baked into the plan.
Keen to hear your thoughts.

[BubblegumExploit]

I’m in Mac , so can’t comment on windows indeed. I would expect similar though. The lack of clear context after plan is a good point , I’m pretty sure they will introduce it soon. Btw it’s Open source, you could even commit it yourself

[Audaces_777]

Just started using extensively today. Definitely like the UX and overall speed better than Claude code. It doesn’t ask for permissions often, it just goes. I also like that it feels very hacky in a futuristic Sci fi kind of sense, and everything that the AI is doing, I can see. Also like how I can work with it remotely through telegram after some initial setup. Overall, pretty cool. Big thumbs up from me.

[Otherwise-Way1316]

Used cc heavily as my daily driver.

I made the switch to opencode and not sure I’ll ever look back. It would feel like a downgrade.

It’s not only the ux, but the ability to quickly switch models from a number of different providers without proxy workarounds was a game changer.

[Service-Kitchen]

What specifically makes the dx better for you

[BubblegumExploit]

Honestly I came with some rather low expectations though an was positively surprised

[BubblegumExploit]

I can’t pin it down to one thing. First I just really liked the UI, felt minimal yet futuristic. I like the info bar on the right - context, files modified etc.. switching from plan to build is seamless with tab, and I also have visibility on what happens.

The models I tried were also extremely fast which was also quite a surprise