# Kiro CLI vs OpenCode (slim)

> OpenCode scores 67.7 (B) on agent readiness against Kiro CLI's 59.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kiro CLI leads on security & auth. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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OpenCode scores 67.7 (B) on agent readiness against Kiro CLI's 59.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Kiro CLI leads on security & auth. Both do agent harness.

- Kiro CLI: C 59.9, rank #370 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.min.md
- OpenCode: B 67.7, rank #186 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.min.md
- Kiro CLI, good for Teams on AWS that want one agent configuration across terminal, IDE and web, with central permission policy, prompt logging to their own S3 bucket and IAM Identity Centre sign-in. Ahead on Security & auth, 66 against 60.
- 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, 68 against 57; Schema & documentation, 88 against 79; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 67; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 81 against 73. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Kiro CLI | OpenCode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kiro CLI | OpenCode |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Anomaly |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Licence | Proprietary. Licensed as AWS Content under the AWS Customer Agreement and the AWS Intellectual Property Licence (https://kiro.dev/license/). The GitHub repository is the public issue tracker and doesn't hold the source | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | 2026-08-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2026-03-06 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 4.4k stars | 211k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |