--- title: "OpenCode: An Open-Source Claude Code Alternative" url: https://daily.dev/posts/opencode-an-open-source-claude-code-alternative-bhgmsi3uq source_url: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/opencode-serverless type: article source: "DigitalOcean Community" published: 2026-05-26T23:07:33.238Z updated: 2026-06-18T02:15:31.259Z tags: ["ai-assisted-development", "claude-code", "digitalocean", "opencode"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: 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: --- 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)