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AgenticOS vs OpenCode

OpenCode is an open-source coding agent under the MIT licence. It runs in a terminal, a desktop app or an IDE and connects to more than 75 model providers. It is a strong choice for a developer who wants their own agent in their own repository. AgenticOS is open source too, and it is built for a different job: many agents, many users, one governed deployment.

Maintained by the AgenticOS team. Sources checked 25 September 2026. AgenticOS baseline: v0.0.504. OpenCode scope: its documentation at opencode.ai and the anomalyco/opencode repository at v1.18.32, not a tested enterprise rollout.

At a glance

Area OpenCode AgenticOS
Who it is for A developer, in a repository An organization: business teams, end users and engineers
Where it runs The developer's machine; opencode serve for a local HTTP server A shared service on your infrastructure
Source MIT Apache-2.0
Models 75+ providers through Models.dev, including local 27 providers, including local
Users and access One user; Zen teams have Admin and Member Organizations, six roles, 27 permissions, per-resource grants
Approvals allow, ask or deny per tool, answered at the keyboard A person with approvals:decide, from a shared queue
Spend control Monthly limits on its Zen gateway A budget per agent and per organization, checked before each model request
Audit Not documented Tamper-evident audit log
Sharing Public share links on opncd.ai until unshared Grants, hosted pages and artifacts with owner and visibility
Pricing Free; optional Zen pay-as-you-go and Go at $10 a month; Enterprise per seat No licence fee; model usage and infrastructure

Where AgenticOS goes further

Built for many people, not one

OpenCode stores provider keys in a file on the developer's machine and has no user or role model in the open-source tool. AgenticOS has organizations, roles and grants, and directory sign-in. Keys sit in a vault sealed per organization and are never returned by an endpoint.

Agents that serve end users

OpenCode's surfaces are for the developer: TUI, desktop, IDE and a local server. An AgenticOS agent answers people who never install anything, through a widget, a hosted page, Slack, Telegram or Mattermost, or the HTTP API.

Governance recorded on the server

OpenCode's permissions protect the developer's machine. AgenticOS records every run with its version, surface, cost and status in run history. Budgets stop an agent before the next model request, and the audit log records who changed what.

Knowledge beyond the repository

OpenCode reads the repository and whatever MCP servers return. AgenticOS keeps company documents in collections with per-collection parsing and sync from Drive, S3, SharePoint, websites and git.

When OpenCode is the right tool

  • A developer wants an open-source coding agent with a free choice of provider.
  • The work is in a repository, and the person at the keyboard decides.
  • You want the agent to run entirely on the developer's own machine.

Use them together

A developer can use OpenCode with any model to write a new capability for AgenticOS. Once merged, business teams switch it on in their agents.

Try it on one task

Answer the shared handbook question in both. Then hand the result to five colleagues and check who can ask a follow-up, what it costs, and what record remains. Record the result with the comparison method.

Frequently asked questions

Is AgenticOS an alternative to OpenCode?

Not for coding in a repository. OpenCode is a coding agent for one developer. AgenticOS is a platform for many agents and many users, with roles, budgets and audit logs.

Are OpenCode and AgenticOS both open source?

Yes. OpenCode is MIT and AgenticOS is Apache-2.0, and both can use local models.

Can AgenticOS agents be shared with people who do not code?

Yes. They answer through a widget, a hosted page, Slack, Telegram, Mattermost or the HTTP API, with nothing to install.

Can OpenCode help build AgenticOS capabilities?

Yes. A capability is typed Python in the repository, and OpenCode can help write and test it with any model.

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