# OpenCode vs Paseo (slim)

> OpenCode scores 68.8 (B) to Paseo's 62.1 (B) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenCode scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against Paseo's 62.1 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- OpenCode: B 68.8, rank #269 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.min.md
- Paseo: B 62.1, rank #575 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paseo.min.md
- 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 50; Schema & documentation, 88 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 70; Maintenance & community, 81 against 75. Also Free to start without a card.
- Paseo, good for Developers who want parallel coding agents on their own machines with no telemetry, reachable from anywhere. Also No incidents deducted, where OpenCode loses 4 points for them.

| Category | OpenCode | Paseo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 72 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 79 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenCode | Paseo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anomaly | Mohamed Boudra |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-11-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-15 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-03-06 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |
| Popularity | 211k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |

Why the edge:
- Schema & documentation, OpenCode +23: OpenCode 88 (A JSON Schema for the config file at opencode.ai/config.json, and an OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the 1.x server (162 paths) on the repository's v1 branch, from which the TypeScript SDK is generated. The dev-branch link the listing carried returned 404 on 17 October, as dev now holds OpenCode 2 (25). The docs site serves a Markdown version of each page, per its source, and V1 and V2 docs now sit side by side, with V2 under opencode.ai/v2/docs (10). Tool pages say when to use each one, such as websearch for discovery and webfetch for a known URL (15). Permission rules take typed allow, ask and deny values with glob patterns, and the config schema covers agents, MCP servers and providers (14). Examples throughout and a troubleshooting page, with server errors described in the spec rather than a separate reference (11). A dated changelog at opencode.ai/changelog and GitHub releases (13).); Paseo 65 (Harness reading. Public docs, a CLI and plugin examples in the repository (65).)
- Reliability, OpenCode +22: OpenCode 72 (Read as a local package, graded on the 1.x line that `npm i -g opencode-ai` and the opencode.ai/install script put on a machine. `opencode-ai` 1.19.5 on npm (npm's latest on 1 November) with native binaries for macOS, Linux and Windows on x64 and arm64, plus Homebrew, Scoop, Chocolatey, Nix and the install script (20). A test workflow runs on the repository. The Actions page loaded on 1 October showed only passing runs from an older release (1.3.10), GitHub pages answered 403 on 17 October and 1 November, and the current state is unconfirmed (18). About 4,700 open issues and 1,600 open pull requests, handled mostly by scripts that close stale issues daily and flag duplicates, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 17 October or 1 November (8). Releases come almost daily with notes on GitHub and a changelog page. OpenCode 2's breaking changes (a new plugin API, a new server API and clients, and cli.json in place of tui.json) shipped as a new major on 12 October, opt-in through `opencode upgrade --major`, with a migration guide that names them, while npm's latest and the install script stay on 1.x. The 1.19.4 and 1.19.5 commits change no SDK code and mark no breaking change, but the 1.x release notes weren't read for a breaking-change section (11). 1.19, stable (15).); Paseo 50 (Local software. Desktop builds, an Android APK, a Docker image and a Nix package (20). ci.yml on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). CHANGELOG.md (15). Version 0.15.3 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 50.)
- Agent ergonomics, OpenCode +9: OpenCode 79 (Harness reading of the framework line, scored on what an agent or pipeline driving it has to supply. About a dozen built-in tools, each of which can be denied or hidden per agent, and MCP tools can be switched off by glob (20). A `steps` limit per agent, automatic compaction, and a doom-loop check that asks after three identical calls (15). `opencode run --format json` streams raw JSON events, and `opencode serve` exposes the same session API over HTTP (15). Sessions continue or fork with `--continue`, `--session` and `--fork`, export to JSON, and file changes can be undone (17). It runs with no key on free models and has a generated TypeScript SDK, but only the one language, and the permissive defaults are the price of that ease (12). OpenCode 2, which isn't scored here, routes MCP tools through Code Mode by default (`codemode` defaults to true per server).); Paseo 70 (Harness reading. A self-hosted daemon that agents can use to create worktrees, launch other agents and talk to them, scriptable from the CLI (70).)
- Maintenance & community, OpenCode +6: OpenCode 81 (1.19.5 on npm on 2026-10-28, 4 days before the check, and v2.2.5 tagged on 30 October (30). 30 releases on the 1.x line (1.18.12 to 1.19.5) in the 90 days to 1 November, plus 44 v2 tags (20). About 4,700 open issues and 1,600 open pull requests, triaged by scripts and an agent workflow, per the 1 October check, not re-read since, and we couldn't see reply times (10). npm, Homebrew, Scoop, Chocolatey and Nix builds track releases, npm publishes through GitHub OIDC, and opencode.ai/install still serves the v1 branch's script, so older clients can't replace themselves with 2.x by accident (14). Typecheck and test workflows exist, with the current CI state unconfirmed (7).); Paseo 75 (v0.15.3 and commits on 7 November 2026 (30). More than three releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current builds (15). CI on push (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75.)