OpenCode Zen
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Mar 24, 2026first mention
Sep 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I'd rather just use cheap tokens from OpenCode Zen and Go.”
“using V4 Flash Free with Hermes through Opencode Zen both personally and at my company and I've been having a great experience”
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“I switched to OpenCode Zen + GitHub Copilot.”
switched from Claude Codeon “Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and…”
“opencode zen (10usd) with Kimi k2.5 for the rest”
Caveats and dissent
“I've been a bit disappointed with how they communicate to customers.”
Often compared with
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Data: opencode-zen.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“I'd rather just use cheap tokens from OpenCode Zen and Go.”
“I've been a bit disappointed with how they communicate to customers.”
“using V4 Flash Free with Hermes through Opencode Zen both personally and at my company and I've been having a great experience”
“US-hosted versions. Opencode Zen.”
“I use opencode-zen from free version mostly if I want agents”
“I switched to OpenCode Zen + GitHub Copilot.”
“opencode zen (10usd) with Kimi k2.5 for the rest”