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OpenCode - Open Source Alternatives to Claude Code

by Ashik Nesin Ashik Nesin

Command lines based agentic code generation apps are the talk of the town. You might have already used Claude Code/OpenAI Code/Google Gemini, etc.

But if you want flexibility of using any model + open source then OpenCode is a good alternative.

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How to get started?

You can install it using various means

Installation

Using Homebrew (macOS)

brew install sst/tap/opencode

Using npm

brew install sst/tap/opencode

Using Bash

curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash

Login

Once it is installed, you can run the following command to login to your auth provider of choice

opencode auth login

2025-07-05 at 10.21.28@2x.png The credentials are configured in ~/.local/share/opencode/auth.json

To know about the supported provider checkout Models.dev which they’re using under the hood.

How to use?

You can check out source code here 👉 https://github.com/sst/opencode

Happy AI coding!

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