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Claude Code vs OpenCode

Honest breakdown of Claude Code (anthropic's official agentic cli for delegating coding tasks from the terminal.) and OpenCode (open-source cli alternative to claude code. subagents, mcp, plugins — fully oss.). Last refreshed 2026-04-30.

Aspect Claude Code OpenCode
Category cli cli
Pricing $20/mo Free
Open source No Yes
License Proprietary MIT
Models
  • · claude-opus-4-6
  • · claude-sonnet-4-6
  • · claude-haiku-4-5
  • · claude-sonnet-4-6
  • · claude-opus-4-6
  • · gpt-5
  • · deepseek-v3.5
  • · any-local-via-ollama
Integrations
  • · MCP
  • · GitHub
  • · Linear
  • · Slack
  • · Vercel
  • · Figma
  • · MCP
  • · GitHub
  • · Linear
  • · Slack
  • · Vercel
Best for
  • · Senior engineers refactoring large codebases
  • · Agentic workflows
  • · Plugin authors
  • · Teams wanting Claude Code UX with OSS
  • · Self-hosters
  • · Plugin authors

When to pick Claude Code

  • · Senior engineers refactoring large codebases
  • · Agentic workflows
  • · Plugin authors

When to pick OpenCode

  • · Teams wanting Claude Code UX with OSS
  • · Self-hosters
  • · Plugin authors
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