--- title: OpenCode: Open-Source AI Coding Agent Guide (2026) description: OpenCode is a fully open-source, model-agnostic AI coding agent built in Go by the SST team, now at 161,000 GitHub stars. Unlike Claude Code or Cursor, it... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/oxiwbjqay twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenCode: Open-Source AI Coding Agent Guide (2026) | daily.dev og:description: OpenCode is a fully open-source, model-agnostic AI coding agent built in Go by the SST team, now at 161,000 GitHub stars. Unlike Claude Code or Cursor, it... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/oxiwbjqay og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oXIWBjQAy.png og:image:alt: Post cover image 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: Open-Source AI Coding Agent Guide (2026) **[nerdalytics](https://daily.dev/sources/jcwojcedqzpspqbvk73nc)** · [@nerdalytics](https://daily.dev/nerdalytics) · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary OpenCode is a fully open-source, model-agnostic AI coding agent built in Go by the SST team, now at 161,000 GitHub stars. Unlike Claude Code or Cursor, it supports 75+ LLM providers and can run fully air-gapped via Ollama, making it suitable for compliance-restricted environments. It features a terminal-native TUI, two built-in agents (Build and Plan), LSP integration for code intelligence, and persistent project context via AGENTS.md. After Anthropic blocked third-party tools from Claude subscriptions in January 2026, OpenCode pivoted and secured an official OpenAI partnership. The post compares it against Claude Code and Cursor across cost, model access, air-gap support, and interface, positioning OpenCode as the best choice for teams prioritizing flexibility, cost, and compliance over raw reasoning quality. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@khauma** · 1 upvotes > Decent write up. The creator/owner did an episode of the pragmatic engineer podcast where he did a more in-depth talk about OpenCode. Those insights could really add more "meat" to these article "bones". ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#ollama](https://daily.dev/tags/ollama), [#opencode](https://daily.dev/tags/opencode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/oxiwbjqay) ```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":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/oxiwbjqay","headline":"OpenCode: Open-Source AI Coding Agent Guide (2026)","text":"Shared: OpenCode: Open-Source AI Coding Agent Guide (2026)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/oxiwbjqay","datePublished":"2026-06-05T05:09:10.430Z","dateModified":"2026-06-18T02:15:36.978Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"nerdalytics","url":"https://daily.dev/nerdalytics","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97166791?v=4","description":"Husband. 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