# HarnessRouter vs OpenCode (slim)

> OpenCode scores 68.5 (B) to HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenCode scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. HarnessRouter leads on transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- HarnessRouter: D 53.2, rank #796 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harnessrouter.min.md
- OpenCode: B 68.5, rank #229 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.min.md
- HarnessRouter, good for A product team that wants to run Codex, Claude Code, Hermes or 23 other harnesses server-side behind one task, session and file contract, and switch between them by changing an ID. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 72 against 67. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5.
- OpenCode, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 35; Schema & documentation, 88 against 83; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 73; Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 81 against 72. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card.

| Category | HarnessRouter | OpenCode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HarnessRouter | OpenCode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HarnessRouter (Lumentree Corporation) | Anomaly |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.harnessrouter.ai` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 for the Community Edition server and the UHP specification, schema and conformance suite. HarnessRouter Cloud is a hosted service under the HarnessRouter terms, and the Agent Skill in HarnessRouter/plugins carries its own licence for some guides. | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 0 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-03-06 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 3.1k stars | 211k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 2/5 (2) |