MiMo Code is now released and open-source • Hacker News Board

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by moonu » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #8

pmdlt wrote: post #4

"MiMoCode is built as a fork of OpenCode." Why not just contribute to OpenCode instead of creating a clone :/

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I don't think that's true? AFAIK OpenCode started as a TUI and their GUI app is Tauri-based, so don't think it was forked from OpenCode. You might be thinking of Cursor

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by maxloh » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #8

pmdlt wrote: post #4

"MiMoCode is built as a fork of OpenCode." Why not just contribute to OpenCode instead of creating a clone :/

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Do you even know what you're talking about?

OpenCode started as an independent CLI project. Their desktop app is still in beta, and it was never a fork of VS Code.

I believe they contain no code derived from VS Code.

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by klaxce » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #8

pmdlt wrote: post #4

"MiMoCode is built as a fork of OpenCode." Why not just contribute to OpenCode instead of creating a clone :/

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Are you thinking of Cursor? OpenCode is a TUI like Codex.

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by gclawes » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

I thought this was a wireless/MIMO radio project at first

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by mythz » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

pmdlt wrote: post #4

"MiMoCode is built as a fork of OpenCode." Why not just contribute to OpenCode instead of creating a clone :/

Because they want to optimize it for their models and don't want to be blocked by waiting for PRs to merge or be rejected.

There's plenty of reasons to start your own fork that you have full agency of, as long as the OSS License is maintained anyone will be able to benefit from any new features they want to make use of.

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by rickdeckard » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

gclawes wrote: post #14

I thought this was a wireless/MIMO radio project at first

yeah, was also expecting some disruption in the RF-design space.

Kinda RF-nerd clickbait... :)

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by re-thc » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC

pmdlt wrote: post #4

"MiMoCode is built as a fork of OpenCode." Why not just contribute to OpenCode instead of creating a clone :/

> Why not just contribute to OpenCode instead of creating a clone :/

It's controlled by a different organization; in particular a startup in a "competing" space.

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by ignoramous » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #8

pmdlt wrote: post #4

"MiMoCode is built as a fork of OpenCode." Why not just contribute to OpenCode instead of creating a clone :/

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There were once two harnesses named OpenCode, one written in Go & the other in TypeScript (the more popular one).

  Kujtim Hoxha creates a project named TermAI. (SST folks) Dax & Adam join the project, rebrand it to OpenCode with Dax buying the domain, opencode.ai.

  Charm, the company behind the original libraries, acqui-hires Kujtim, who moves the project to Charm's organization, leaving SST unimpressed (due to VC involvement?)

  Allegations Charm rewrote git history and deleted GitHub comments.

  Dax claims ownership of the brand, forks project. For a time, 2 projects named OpenCode exist. Charm eventually renames its version to "Crush".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44741894

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by reactordev » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC

Looks an awful lot like OpenCode

Re: MiMo Code is now released and open-source

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Post by psychoslave » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC

Is that Open-Source like, run it locally, no phone home included, or open source like the thin front-end layer is all that is actually open-source but it’s an empty shell without the remote API it relies on?