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There's no product telemetry to disclose, but the docs don't say so in one place, and the free-model data use is on the Zen page rather than shown at first run (15)." }, "sources": [ { "what": "repository README", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "security policy and threat model", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/SECURITY.md", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "permissions (docs source)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/web/src/content/docs/permissions.mdx", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "tools (docs source)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/web/src/content/docs/tools.mdx", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "CLI and environment variables (docs source)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/web/src/content/docs/cli.mdx", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "Zen prices, privacy and retired models (docs source)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/web/src/content/docs/zen.mdx", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "Go plans (docs source)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/web/src/content/docs/go.mdx", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "keyless free-model loading", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "server OpenAPI spec", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/sdk/openapi.json", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "npm latest", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/opencode-ai/latest", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "security advisories", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/security/advisories", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/security/advisories/GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "NVD keyword search", "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=opencode", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "CI runs (test workflow)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=branch%3Adev", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "privacy policy (page source)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/console/app/src/routes/legal/privacy-policy/index.tsx", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "terms of service (page source)", "url": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/console/app/src/routes/legal/terms-of-service/index.tsx", "seen": "2026-10-02" }, { "what": "security.txt (404)", "url": "https://opencode.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "seen": "2026-10-02" } ], "openQuestions": [ "The Actions page we loaded showed runs from an older release (1.3.10), so whether tests pass on dev today is unconfirmed", "What the 2.0 line tagged since 11 September 2026 is, and when npm's latest tag moves to it", "Which model a keyless run picks by default, and whether it's one of the free models that may train on prompts", "Unchecked: a status page for OpenCode Zen and the domain's registration date", "Reply times on issues weren't visible" ] }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-01-12. GHSA-vxw4-wv6m-9hhh (CVE-2026-22812, 8.8), the HTTP server the TUI started had no authentication, so local processes could run shell commands as the user, fixed in 1.0.216. GHSA-c83v-7274-4vgp (CVE-2026-22813), unsanitised Markdown in the web UI let a malicious page run commands on the machine, fixed in 1.1.10. Fixed, published and more than six months old, -1 each. https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/security/advisories", "2026-09-24. GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4 (7.5, no CVE). The server's `/global/upgrade` endpoint accepted any package specifier without checking where the request came from, so a web page could make `opencode serve` install an attacker's npm package and run its scripts. Fixed in 1.18.22. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/security/advisories/GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4" ], "verdict": "Runs with no key or account on free OpenCode Zen models. Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox.", "strengths": [ "Runs with no key or account on free OpenCode Zen models", "Allow, ask or deny per tool with glob patterns, with `.env` reads denied by default", "`opencode run --format json`, `opencode serve` with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, and a generated TypeScript SDK", "75+ providers through the AI SDK and models.dev, plus local models", "No product telemetry found, and OpenTelemetry export is opt-in" ], "weaknesses": [ "Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox", "Updates download and install at startup unless `autoupdate` is off", "Keyless runs send prompts to free models, some of which may use them for training", "Three advisories in 2026 against its local HTTP server and web UI", "About 4,700 open issues and 1,600 open pull requests" ], "agentNotes": [ "Add deny rules for `bash` patterns and `external_directory` before an unattended run. Most tools default to allow", "Set `\"autoupdate\": false` or `OPENCODE_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE=1` and pin the version in CI", "Configure a provider key. With none, prompts go to free Zen models that may train on them", "Set `OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD` before `opencode serve`. Without it the server runs unauthenticated", "Use `opencode run --format json` and read the event stream rather than the formatted output" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 88, "security": 60, "transparency": 82 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": { "install": "npm i -g opencode-ai@latest # or: curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash", "headless": { "command": "opencode run --format json \"$TASK\"", "env": { "OPENCODE_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE": "1", "OPENCODE_PERMISSION": "{\"bash\": {\"*\": \"deny\", \"git *\": \"allow\", \"npm test\": \"allow\"}, \"external_directory\": \"deny\"}" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/opencode" }, "reviews": [ { "id": "rev_0559", "tool": "opencode", "toolUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode", "rating": 2, "title": "Updates install themselves at startup", "body": "By default every start can be a new version, because opencode downloads and installs updates at startup unless `autoupdate` is false. It fetches its model list from models.dev at startup too. The release pace makes that matter. 1.18.34 reached npm on 30 September 2026, one of 35 releases on the 1.18 line since 14 July, and a separate 2.0 line has been tagged since 11 September with nothing I found on what it is or when npm's latest tag moves to it. I found no breaking-change convention in the notes. Some credit. The docs mark deprecated config keys, Zen lists each retired model with its date, the config has a JSON Schema and the changelog is dated. The repository moved from sst to anomalyco with a redirect. 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The HTTP server the TUI started had no authentication, so local processes could run shell commands as the user (CVE-2026-22812, 8.8). Unsanitised Markdown in the web UI let a malicious page run commands (CVE-2026-22813). GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4, published 24 September, let a web page make `opencode serve` install an attacker's npm package through `/global/upgrade`, fixed in 1.18.22. `opencode serve` still runs unauthenticated unless `OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD` is set. Most tool permissions default to allow, though `.env` reads are denied and paths outside the project ask, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox. Updates install themselves at startup, and a run with no key sends prompts to free Zen models, some of which may train on them. I found no product telemetry. 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