OpenCodevsVT Code
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
OpenCode
Anomaly (formerly SST) · Terminal agent
#5OSSMCP
Panel
7.03 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.7
- Usefulness
- 7.3
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 6.8
“Two hundred thousand GitHub stars, seventy-five providers, and a vendor that renamed itself before the tool did.”
VT Code
vinhnx · Terminal agent
#60OSSMCP
Panel
7.01 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.7
- Cost
- 8.8
- Longevity
- 6.2
“It supports skills and a plugin system, so you can extend it in two ways and later discover which one is maintained.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | OpenCode | VT Code |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | NoBuilt-in tools include webfetch and websearch only; nothing drives or reads a browser. | YesOnly through the opt-in WebMCP browser bridge. |
| Sandboxed execution | NoTool calls are gated by the permission config, which is an approval policy rather than container or OS-level isolation. | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | No |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, Ollama | OpenAI, Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | mixed | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 211,366 | 860 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | OpenCode | VT Code | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 8.0 | 7.5 | OpenCode — OpenCode is what to hand anyone who wants the Claude Code shape with their own keys and a model picker; pick Claude Code if you want one vendor and one bill. |
| El Crítico | 7.0 | 6.8 | OpenCode — Commands run with your permissions and no sandbox, and the Zen gateway offers free models without saying who pays for them. |
| El Profesor | 6.8 | 7.3 | VT Code — Browser access arrives through an opt-in bridge rather than as a default capability, which is the correct direction for a permission that wide. |
| La Inversora | 6.0 | 6.5 | VT Code — 832 stars, one maintainer, no company and nothing hosted: a good tool in a category where good tools are the commodity. |
| La Jefa | 5.8 | 6.0 | VT Code — It ships for macOS and Linux only, which excludes part of my organisation before any review begins, and there is no SSO, no audit log and no unattended mode. |
| El Hacker | 8.8 | 8.3 | OpenCode — MIT, Ollama for offline, MCP servers in opencode.json with a published $schema, custom agents, and it has already been forked, which is the point. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.