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OpenCode vs Codex (CLI and app)

OpenCode rates 75 against Codex (CLI and app)'s 71 in this edition. The table lines up every dimension we record; the leading value in each numeric row is marked. Add a third or fourth entry.

Dimension	75of 100 OpenCodeAnomaly	71of 100 Codex (CLI and app)OpenAI
Rating
AgentsWisdom score	75	71
Confidence	high	high
Rank in category	No. 1 of 16	No. 5 of 16
Pillars
Adoption & momentum	95	92
Experts (independent reviews)	71	55
Crowd (community sample)	53	67
Community posts sampled	23	15
Experts vs crowd	Crowd cooler by 17	Crowd warmer by 12
Adoption
GitHub stars	210k	127k
npm weekly downloads	2.2M	19M
PyPI monthly downloads	n/e	n/e
VS Code installs	n/e	15M
Reported users	16M	5M
Reported customer organisations	n/e	n/e
Releases, last 90 days	42	35
Benchmarks (shown, not scored)
Terminal-Bench 2.0	No. 36 of 43 · 51.69% OpenCode + Claude Opus 4.5	No. 4 of 43 · 82.25% Codex CLI + GPT-5.5
SWE-bench	not listed	not listed
Independent reviews	9	8
Trust & safety
Overall grade	B	B
Permission model	C	A
Data access scope	A	A
Data storage	A	B
Data retention & training	n/e	C
Incident history	C	C
Compliance	D	A
Transparency	A	A
Price
Price	Free, paid from $10	Free, paid from $8
Plans	Free (BYOK): Free OpenCode Go: $10 / monthly OpenCode Zen: Custom Enterprise: Custom	Free: Free Go: $8 / monthly Plus: $20 / monthly Pro: $100 / monthly Business: $20 / monthly Enterprise & Edu: Custom API key: Custom
Product
Category	Coding agents	Coding agents
Maker	Anomaly	OpenAI
Licence	MIT	Apache-2.0
Use it via	CLI, Desktop app, IDE extension, Web app	CLI, Desktop app, IDE extension, Web app, API
Runs on	macos, linux, windows	macos, linux, windows, web
Models it drives	Claude, GPT, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen, local models, any OpenAI-compatible	GPT
Key features	Terminal UI, desktop app and IDE extension Bring-your-own-key across many providers plus local models Plan and Build agent modes LSP integration Configurable allow/ask/deny permissions per tool, with external_directory scoping Optional session sharing via /share Optional paid model access via OpenCode Zen and OpenCode Go	Open-source Rust CLI (Apache-2.0) installable via npm, Homebrew or standalone installers Desktop app with in-app diff review and inline comments IDE extension for VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf OS-level sandbox on by default locally, with configurable approval policy and network off by default Optional auto-review mode that routes approval requests through a reviewer agent Cloud tasks that run in OpenAI-hosted environments
Verdicts
Praised for	Model freedom: one config change to switch provider or run locally (Composio, heyuan110) Low-cost access through the $10 Go plan (Thomas Wiegold; multiple HN users) Works reasonably well across many models out of the box (HN)	Generous usage within ChatGPT subscriptions compared with rivals, per many community comments (HN) Strong Terminal-Bench 2.0 result: rank 4 of 43 harnesses Safe-by-default local sandbox and approval model (docs) Delegation and review workflow in the app praised by reviewers (Every; Composio)
Criticised for	Fast release cadence brings regressions (AICoderScope) High memory/CPU use reported (GitHub Memory Megathread; HN) Repeated serious security advisories in 2026, including unauthenticated command execution Security track record judged weaker than Claude Code (heyuan110)	Usage-limit and rate-limit changes cause sharp complaints (GitHub issue #28879 with 364 upvotes) Reported bugs with serious side effects, e.g. $HOME deletion in full-access mode (Simon Willison, July 2026) and excessive SSD writes from logs Weak front-end/UI output reported by some users (r/codex)
Evidence
Evidence collected	26 Sept 2026	26 Sept 2026
Sources cited	8	3