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Re: OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent

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Post by ctmnt »

EnPissant wrote: post #624
ctmnt wrote: post #409

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I think you’re confusing capital c Claude Code, the desktop Electron app, and lowercase c `claude`, the command line tool with an interactive TUI. They’re both TypeScript under the hood, but the latter is React + Ink rendered into the terminal. The redraw glitches you’re referring to are actually signs of what I consider to be a pretty major feature, a reason to use `claude` instead of `codex` or `opencode`: `claude`…

That's the same reason I don't like Opencode, but Codex doesn't use the alternate screen. I remember it did when it was very very new, but now it doesn't.

Ah nice, good to know. I hadn’t used codex in a while. I actually really like opencode and its ui, just wish it didn’t clear the screen on exit. It could at least redraw whatever was last in the chat, that would be better than nothing.

Re: OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent

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Post by stonks »

phillipcarter wrote: post #548
petcat wrote: post #396

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Anthropic needs to spend some tokens rewriting Claude Code in Rust (yes, really). The difference in feel between Codex and Claude Code is obvious. The whole thing is vibed anyway, I'm sure they could get it done in a week or two for their quality standards.

Claude Code is a Rust app now.

It still has bun inside with minified JavaScript.

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Post by forsakenharmony »

EnPissant wrote: post #624
ctmnt wrote: post #409

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you’re confusing capital c Claude Code, the desktop Electron app, and lowercase c `claude`, the command line tool with an interactive TUI. They’re both TypeScript under the hood, but the latter is React + Ink rendered into the terminal. The redraw glitches you’re referring to are actually signs of what I consider to be a pretty major feature, a reason to use `claude` instead of `codex` or `opencode`: `claude`…

That's the same reason I don't like Opencode, but Codex doesn't use the alternate screen. I remember it did when it was very very new, but now it doesn't.

well it still does something weird which breaks scrollback in zellij, it's a known issue, but who knows when it's getting fixed

Re: OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent

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Post by RagnarD »

Aeolun wrote: post #398
RagnarD wrote: post #378

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Totally agree. I'm baffled by those who don't clearly see that Codex works better than C.C. in many ways.

Codex being faster is not at all equivalent to working better. Claude Code does what I need from it most of the time.

I said better, not faster. Primarily, it writes better code, works more smoothly, is better at describing what it's doing and what it's done.

Re: OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent

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Post by TheGoddessInari »

WhyNotHugo wrote: post #526
bjackman wrote: post #388

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That is very disappointing coz I've been wanting to try an alternative to Gemini CLI for exactly these reasons. The AI is great but the actual software is a buggy, slow, bloated blob of TypeScript (on a custom Node runtime IIUC!) that I really hate running. It takes multiple seconds to start, requires restarting to apply settings, constantly fucks up the terminal, often crashes due to JS heap overflows, doesn't respe…

I use Pi with Aliyun, which cost a flat ¥40 (~€5) per month for GLM-5, Kimi K2.5, Minmax and a few other models. Honestly, these models seem quite on par with Claude. Some days they seem slightly worse, some days I can't tell the difference. AFAIK, the usage quota is comparable to the Claude $200 subscription.

Note as of yesterday, they retired the lite coding plan you're talking about. New buy-in is $50/month for the pro plan unless you were already on the lite plan.

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Post by MarsIronPI »

walthamstow wrote: post #618
jimmydoe wrote: post #457

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not sure if same reason but window resize feels better in claude than codex. on my m1, claude is noticeably slower when starting, but it feels ok after that.

I had a nasty slow claude code startup time at one point something like 8s, a clean install sorts it all out. Back up your mcp config and skills and you're good.

That sounds like poor engineering on Anthropic's part. Good software doesn't slow down over time like that.
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