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OpenCode offers free AI coding agent as Claude Code alternative

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that works in the terminal, desktop, and as a VS Code extension. It provides free models like DeepSeek V4 Flash and MiMo v2.5 with daily usage limits. The tool can be installed via npm and supports custom API keys for flexibility.

Meridian48 take
While free models are appealing, daily usage limits may hinder heavy users, and the quality of free models compared to paid alternatives remains unverified.
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If Claude Code is expensive or hard to access for you, try OpenCode →
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