# Jules vs OpenCode (slim)

> OpenCode scores 68.5 (B) to Jules's 44.5 (E) 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 Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1000 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md
- OpenCode: B 68.5, rank #230 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.min.md
- Jules, good for A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM. Also Runs on your own machine; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5; No incidents deducted, where OpenCode loses 4 points for them.
- 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 13; Schema & documentation, 88 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 64; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 81 against 18; Transparency & trust, 67 against 44. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Jules | OpenCode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 13 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jules | OpenCode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google LLC | Anomaly |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed | MIT |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-03-09 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 | 2026-08-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-03-06 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 1.3k npm/wk | 211k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (2) |