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          "Optional OS sandbox using Seatbelt on macOS and bubblewrap with seccomp on Linux, with writes limited to the working directory and network limited to allowed domains",
          "Text, JSON and JSON-RPC output, exit codes 0, 1 and 2, session resume and fork, and tool lists that can be restricted per run",
          "llms.txt with a Markdown copy of every docs page, and a dated changelog with 62 entries between 11 July and 8 October 2026",
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          "The sandbox is off until `sandbox.enabled` is set, and `--skip-permissions-unsafe` skips every permission prompt",
          "Usage metrics go to Factory's collector by default. The pages read give no opt-out outside an airgapped deployment",
          "Closed source on a 0.x version line with near-daily releases. The public tracker had 33 open issues on 9 October 2026, most with no reply",
          "No status page and no security.txt were found. The trust centre is drawn by script and was not read",
          "The individual terms forbid using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis, which matters before any probe is run"
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          "Set `FACTORY_API_KEY` (starts `fk-`) from the API keys page in Factory settings for headless runs. Interactive use signs in through a browser",
          "Start with `droid exec` and no flags for analysis. Add `--auto low` for edits and `--auto medium` for installs, tests and local commits",
          "Use `--output-format json` and read `is_error`, `num_turns` and `session_id`. Treat a non-zero exit code as failure",
          "Set `sandbox.enabled` to true before running on untrusted code. In `droid exec` a sandbox violation is denied without a prompt",
          "Pin the version in CI with `npm install -g droid@\u003cversion\u003e`, or set `FACTORY_DROID_AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLED=false` on standalone installs, which update themselves"
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          "item": "Plus plan",
          "unit": "month",
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          "RDAP (Verisign) gives factory.com a registration date of 1999-03-09, long before the company.",
          "The CLI installs from app.factory.ai and downloads.factory.ai and signs in to app.factory.ai, a second domain of the vendor's.",
          "factory.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 9 October 2026.",
          "No status page is linked from the home page, the docs support page or the other pages read. factory.com/sla states a 99 per cent availability target.",
          "The terms linked are those for individual plans. Organisation plans are sold under separate orders, which we did not read."
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      ],
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      "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT. You pay your model provider, or OpenCode Zen per token, with prices per million tokens published for every model, or OpenCode Go at $10 a month (Go Plus $40) for a set of open models. Some Zen models are free for a limited time and may use prompts to improve the model.",
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        "agent.mcp-client",
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          "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"
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          "Configure a provider key. With none, prompts go to free Zen models that may train on them",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opencode.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 167 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Droid CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that want a terminal coding agent with tiered autonomy, command rules and an optional sandbox, and that will pay for a Factory plan.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where OpenCode loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: No free tier or trial was found. Plans start at $20 a month and included usage is stated only as rolling rate limits without numbers\n\n### OpenCode (B)\n\nGood for: Agents and pipelines that need a scriptable coding agent with a JSON event stream, an HTTP server and any model, including keyless free ones.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 49\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 79\n- Agent ergonomics, 79 against 72\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Droid CLI | OpenCode | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 49 | 68 | OpenCode +19 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 88 | OpenCode +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 79 | OpenCode +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 60 | Droid CLI +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | OpenCode +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 81 | OpenCode +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 67 | OpenCode +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **59.1 · C** | **67.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Droid CLI | OpenCode |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Factory | Anomaly |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary, under Factory's Terms and Conditions. The `droid` npm package is marked `UNLICENSED` and the public repository holds documentation only. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-14 | 2026-08-15 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2026-03-06 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk | 211k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Droid CLI.** `droid exec` is read-only unless `--auto` raises the autonomy level, with command rules, an optional kernel-enforced sandbox, JSON output and documented exit codes. No free tier, status page or security.txt was found, the source is closed, and usage metrics go to Factory by default.\n\n**OpenCode.** 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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Droid CLI\n\n1. Set `FACTORY_API_KEY` (starts `fk-`) from the API keys page in Factory settings for headless runs. Interactive use signs in through a browser\n2. Start with `droid exec` and no flags for analysis. Add `--auto low` for edits and `--auto medium` for installs, tests and local commits\n3. Use `--output-format json` and read `is_error`, `num_turns` and `session_id`. Treat a non-zero exit code as failure\n4. Set `sandbox.enabled` to true before running on untrusted code. In `droid exec` a sandbox violation is denied without a prompt\n5. 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