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OpenCode Just Dethroned Claude Code With 172,000 Stars — I Ran Both and It's 78% Slower

OpenCode, an MIT-licensed terminal coding agent, surpassed Claude Code with 172,000 GitHub stars, but a comparison test showed it is 78% slower than its rival.

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The number that made me stop scrolling wasn’t a benchmark. It was a GitHub star count. OpenCode, the MIT-licensed terminal coding agent… Continue reading on Towards AI »

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