OpenCode vs Cursor

Side by side, as alternatives to Cursor. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces Cursor: + OpenAI Codex CLI + Gemini CLI + Zed + OpenHands + Cline + goose

OpenCodeanomalyco/opencode

Cursorpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Free plan with limited AI use; Plus $8/month, Premium $30/month, Super $100/month, Ultra $200/month; third-party models billed separately by usage source ↗

Code in an AI-first editor

Yes

Multi-line tab completion and next-edit prediction

Yes

Let an agent plan and edit across many files

Partly

Yes

Run terminal commands and tests from the agent

Yes

Ask questions about your whole codebase

Yes

Connect tools and data through MCP

Partly

Yes

Run agents in the cloud in the background

Yes

Jobs covered

2 of 7 jobs

All 7

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

219,699

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

986

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Latest release

v1.19.3 · 2026-10-16

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Commits / 12 wk

2,164

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People committing / 12 mo

420+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

3742 / 4694

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?

Yes, CLI and desktop app

Hosted by the vendor

Code licence

MIT

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Model weights licence

No single bundled model licence. OpenCode connects to models/providers; their individual terms apply.

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Commercial use

Yes, MIT code

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Paid services needed?

Needs a model provider: local models via Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp, or a paid API

Subscription

Hardware

No hardware requirements documented in the README or docs (checked 2026-10-21)

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Operating systems

Windows, macOS and Linux; on Windows the docs recommend WSL for the CLI, and there is a Windows desktop app

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Setup effort

Easy; one-line install script, npm, Homebrew, Chocolatey or Scoop, then add a model provider

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Stars over time

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Tracked daily since 19 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

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OpenCode (as alternatives to Cursor)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 22 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=opencode&product=cursor

Cursor: Free plan with limited AI use; Plus $8/month, Premium $30/month, Super $100/month, Ultra $200/month; third-party models billed separately by usage
OpenCode: free software; does 2 of 7 Cursor jobs

- OpenCode: 219,699 GitHub stars, 2,164 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT

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OpenCode vs Cursor

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