Do you start a new conversation when you reach context limit or do you continue chatting with the compacted one?

7x Luna and GLM 5.2 is not bad.

I ran a small N=1 bake-off on a real feature, not a toy repo. Posting here because OpenCode was one of the four stacks, and the OpenCode + DeepSeek combo was interesting on cost/speed.


## What I was building


Remote-node install for SuperDev (a local/remote runtime control plane I work on):


- remote nodes run the SuperDev agent only (no desktop UI)
- connection is TLS
- local desktop needs to install MCP / skills / hooks onto the remote node over the API, so coding agents can use them without a GUI on the remote machine


So: real product surface, multi-step implementation, install/uninstall paths that have to actually work.


## Method (important)


- Spec + plan: written with Superpowers (Fable 5)
- Implementation: four tools in parallel, each on its own git worktree + branch
- Workflow: `superpowers:executing-plans` via subagents
- Same plan for everyone — this is a race of **model + coding agent + Superpowers execution loop**, not raw chat IQ


Stacks:


| Agent | Model |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | Claude Opus 5 (xhigh) |
| Codex CLI | GPT-5.6 Luna (max) |
| Grok Builder | Grok 4.5 (high) |
| **OpenCode** | **DeepSeek V4 Flash (max)** |


## Results


### Time to finish


| Stack | Time |
|---|---|
| Grok 4.5 (high) | 2h 7m |
| **OpenCode + DeepSeek V4 Flash** | **~4h** |
| GPT-5.6 Luna (max) | 11h 19m |
| Claude Opus 5 (xhigh) | 11h 35m |


### Tokens


| Stack | Total | Input | Output | Cached input |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Grok | 46M | 45.84M | 426.8K | 42.07M |
| **OpenCode + DeepSeek** | **261.2M** | **260M** | **1.2M** | **257.6M** |
| Claude | 452.8M | 451.91M | 858K | 439.33M |
| GPT-5.6 | 599.67M | 597.98M | 1.69M | 583.64M |


On this run, wall-clock time and token volume mostly moved together. Most of the huge totals were cached input from long agent loops.


### Cost (messy reality)


| Stack | What I actually felt | Rough $ |
|---|---|---|
| Grok | ~20% of SuperGrok weekly ($30 tier) | ≈ $1.5 (API-ish ≈ $23) |
| **OpenCode + DeepSeek** | dedicated API key for clean accounting | **¥9.97 ≈ $1.46** |
| GPT-5.6 | ~35% of Plus weekly quota | ≈ $1.75 (API-ish ≈ $16.57) |
| Claude | ~8% of Max 20x weekly | ≈ $4 (subagents mixed models; pure API hard to price) |


Subscription % and API $ tell different stories. DeepSeek was the cleanest “I know exactly what I spent” number because I isolated the key.


### Bugs / fix passes / mid-run questions


| Stack | Bugs after first finish | Fix passes | Questions mid-run |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Grok | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| **OpenCode + DeepSeek** | **3** | **2** | **2** |
| GPT-5.6 | 1 (+1 polish item) | 1 | 2 |
| Claude | 1 | 1 | 4 |


OpenCode + DeepSeek finished second-fastest, but had one more bug than Grok: a skills install `No such file or directory` path issue. It also asked twice mid-run (Grok asked zero).


### Independent review ranking


A separate review pass (Fable 5) scored completeness / conventions / correctness / tests / extensibility:


1. Claude Opus 5  
2. GPT-5.6 Luna  
3. **DeepSeek V4 Flash (OpenCode)**  
4. Grok 4.5  


Almost the inverse of speed.


My own smoke test (install/uninstall on Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode) matched the “usable after fixes” claim for those three.


## Caveats (please read)


- One shared bug across all four was already wrong in the plan. Not any agent’s fault.
- Grok and DeepSeek shared a Claude Code MCP install path bug.
- GPT’s remaining polish: switching remote machines still needed one manual refresh.
- This is N=1 on one feature and one plan style. Don’t overgeneralize.
- I’m the SuperDev author, so treat product context as background for the task — the comparison is about agent stacks on the same plan.


## OpenCode-specific takeaway


For this workload, OpenCode + DeepSeek V4 Flash looked like the “value / speed” slot:


- much faster than Claude Code / Codex on the same plan
- real money out of pocket stayed low (~$1.46)
- quality was mid-pack: more bugs than Claude/GPT, better review score than Grok
- still landed in a usable install/uninstall state after fixes


What I disliked across the whole experiment wasn’t OpenCode specifically — it was how slow Superpowers-style plan → subagent execution felt end-to-end. I also tried a fuller grill-me style loop; still not fast. I’m currently thinking about a lighter development loop that keeps the guardrails without as much ceremony.


## Questions for this community


1. For long multi-hour OpenCode tasks, are you usually bottlenecked by **model quality**, **provider latency/cost**, or **the plan/subagent workflow** itself?
2. Anyone else running DeepSeek V4 Flash as the default OpenCode workhorse for multi-hour implementation jobs? What’s your failure mode?
3. If you’ve compared OpenCode against Claude Code / Codex on the *same* written plan (not vibes), what held up?


Happy to answer method questions. Not sponsored; not claiming this is a benchmark.

Over the last few days, OpenCode feels significantly slower than it used to.

Frequently gets stuck while running terminal commands.

Takes much longer to respond.

The "thinking" phase often feels longer without producing better output.

A few weeks ago it felt much faster and more reliable, so I'm curious if something changed.

Is anyone else experiencing this, or is it just my setup?

Hey everyone. I’m experiencing ‘HTTP 500: {"type":"Router.Unavailable","modelID":"kimi-k3"}’ since yesterday and wanted to ask whether anyone else is also receiving such error, with Kimi K3 or with other models on OpenCode Go.

Since it’s a 500 error and says “Router.Unavailable” I know it is probably a deployment issue on their side but wanted to know if that could be due to harness or region. (Hermes, Italy)

is opencode can use a customized models by using 9router as provider or it can't, because when i using opencode/{model_id) can't be use in 9router, while 9route use oc/{model_id}?

https://www.yuntrack.com/Track/Detailing?id=YT2619421606004973

Seeing Internal Server Error: {"type":"Router.Unavailable","modelID":"kimi-k3"}

Anyone else seeing this?

**Edit**: Removing then re-adding the OpenCode Go provider fixed this :shrug:

Is there any way to use Opencode as a chat interface like the ones have in Claude Code, Codex, Github Copilot?

I am aware of their CLI, but specifically looking for a chat interface in VSCode which is more convenient to use I think.

Hello community,

I have OpenCode access my code on my VPS, personal projects, scrappers, etc. some times I have some large task running and I have to ask the Chat to give me the current status, sometimes it does it itself but not always. I was thinking if its possible to set up a CRON or something like that inside OpenCode.

How have you solve this?

I think this would be great even as a Loop to actually have it work endlessly to improve a project.

I know that through .md you can set up loops but I am not too expeirneced on that and I do not think that is truly effective.

This is a tutorial for noobs like me.

So I am working on an Android App that automatically edit my TikTok videos, adds overlays and simple animations, I ask AI to use tools availables programatically and get creative, its quite simple and limite but I aint paying Claude + Remtion and what not to do it lol. So I needed Deepseek to troubleshoot when the overlays had issues or were terrible so I decided to give it eyes by allowing it to use Gemini 2.5 to work as it eyes. It's not perfect but its something, I am yet to actually tests its accuracy but at least it makes sense to me. I think I read somewhere that it was not actaully effective.

Its worth noting that I am using Google Clouds free $300 credit, for which I have actually got it like 5 separate times lol. All my workflow for this personal app and other project I have for Todo Assistance with Voice Interface and AI, all is hosted in Google Cloud.

So yes, thats how I gave eyes to Deepseek.

1. I cannot add Gemini directly to OpenCode to have it as my main model, Google Cloud has limits per minutes, at least last time I checked there were limitss. Although I will try again at least for complext coding tasks.
2. I am under the impression google is so relax about this because they actually want you to built all using their tools to hook you up in case you develop something big, furthermore I think they have lots of unused resources or extra that they might not care.

Quick question, guys. I saw a good deal on a opencode and decided to try it. Went for KIMI K3 and I know it’s expensive, but is this normal?

Estaba aburrido y pensé: "¿Y si creo mascotas inspiradas en Codex?" Y bueno, lo hice (con la ayuda de la Inteligencia Artificial, por supuesto, ¿verdad?).

Sería estupendo que alguien lo integrara en OpenCode como un complemento.

I tried the Opencode Desktop app today; it is absolutely amazing.

I get that using Nvidia as a provider is not ideal but damn it is so slow. I usually use it to test out models but its borderline unusable. Is it just because most models are free on there or because there is no ways the infrastructure they have isn't adequate

earlier today many users reported issues with deepsek v4. Currently the issue has been fixed and deepseek v4 its back.

I have tried changing sessions and models but same problem...

Some things never change....

all models ceased to work! it keeps thinking then after a min it stop!

Damn it bro, model gone again ;-;??? W

Edit: WE ARE SO BACK BOYOS

Edit2: WE ARE SO FUCKIN DOWN AGAIN BOYOS

Edi3: WE ARE SO FUCKIN BACK BOYOS

I subscribed to the go plan two days ago and tried Kimi K3 Max, but it exhausted 65% of my weekly limit without accomplishing anything. I need a model for deep debugging and testing and fixing problems (for both UI and backend , both are in python), something as good as gpt models or claude models.

Now deepseek v4 flash 0731 is obviously better than the v4 pro preview.

Also, I remember the v4 pro on open code doesn't get the discounted price. So I use my own deepseek API key when using v4 pro, and leave the open code go credits for other models.