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Open-source, provider-agnostic terminal coding agent with a polished TUI and client/server design.

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs and web; the most used coding agent at work in 2026.

OpenAI's open-source coding agent for the terminal and IDEs, with cloud tasks; written in Rust.

Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains that plans, edits files and runs commands with approval.

Head to head

Metric	OpenCode	Claude Code	OpenAI Codex	Cline
Stars	226k	155k	133k	71.4k
Weekly downloads	3.4M	16.4M	26M	n/a
Download growth	+50%	-24%	+37%	n/a
Popularity score	88/100	91/100	92/100	89/100
Forks	30.6k	24.9k	21.1k	7.9k
Open issues	4.2k	17k	26.6k	1.7k
Last commit	today	1d ago	6d ago	5d ago
Latest version	1.19.5	2.1.322	0.167.2	n/a
License	MIT	n/a	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
First released	2025	2025	2025	2024
Signals	Trending	TrendingPopular	Trending	Popular
Listed in	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants

Weekly downloads over time

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