--- title: OpenCode: An Open-Source Claude Code Alternative | daily.dev description: OpenCode is an open-source, MIT-licensed alternative to Claude Code that delivers the same terminal-native agentic coding experience — file editing, shell... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-an-open-source-claude-code-alternative-bhgmsi3uq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenCode: An Open-Source Claude Code Alternative | daily.dev og:description: OpenCode is an open-source, MIT-licensed alternative to Claude Code that delivers the same terminal-native agentic coding experience — file editing, shell... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-an-open-source-claude-code-alternative-bhgmsi3uq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bHgmSI3uQ.png og:image:alt: OpenCode: An Open-Source Claude Code Alternative og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenCode: An Open-Source Claude Code Alternative **[DigitalOcean Community](https://daily.dev/sources/do_community)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenCode is an open-source, MIT-licensed alternative to Claude Code that delivers the same terminal-native agentic coding experience — file editing, shell commands, LSP integration, multi-session support — without vendor lock-in. This tutorial walks through deploying OpenCode on a DigitalOcean Droplet via the 1-Click Marketplace App, pre-configured for DigitalOcean Serverless Inference. After SSHing in and pasting a Gradient model access key, you can immediately use models like MiniMax M2.5, Kimi K2.5, Claude Sonnet, DeepSeek, or Llama 3.3, switching between them with a single /models command. Key advantages include model freedom, pay-per-token pricing, privacy (no data retention), and full auditability of the codebase. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenCode: The Open Source Coding Agent That Doesn't Lock You In](https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-the-open-source-coding-agent-that-doesn-t-lock-you-in-yrji1qwkf) · Playful Programming · 2 upvotes · 2 comments - [After a month switching between Claude Code and its open-source rival, I only open Claude for one kind of task](https://daily.dev/posts/after-a-month-switching-between-claude-code-and-its-open-source-rival-i-only-open-claude-for-one-ki-rkhguxui0) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-assisted-development](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-assisted-development), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#digitalocean](https://daily.dev/tags/digitalocean), [#opencode](https://daily.dev/tags/opencode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-an-open-source-claude-code-alternative-bhgmsi3uq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenCode: An Open-Source Claude Code Alternative","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-an-open-source-claude-code-alternative-bhgmsi3uq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-an-open-source-claude-code-alternative-bhgmsi3uq"},"datePublished":"2026-05-26T23:07:33.238Z","dateModified":"2026-06-18T02:15:31.259Z","description":"OpenCode is an open-source, MIT-licensed alternative to Claude Code that delivers the same terminal-native agentic coding experience — file editing, shell...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a0294f4af8cd6ffc8c5a20f9a38da13f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a0294f4af8cd6ffc8c5a20f9a38da13f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DigitalOcean Community","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DigitalOcean Community","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/c1b9d07730e34ea388c39a498a753d6c","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/do_community"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-an-open-source-claude-code-alternative-bhgmsi3uq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-assisted-development,claude-code,digitalocean,opencode","timeRequired":"PT9M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DigitalOcean Community","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/do_community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenCode: An Open-Source Claude Code Alternative"}]} ```