Hi everyone! I came across Opencode and decided to try it out—was curious. I chose Codex (I have a subscription). I was genuinely surprised by how easy it was to communicate in planning mode with gpt-5.2-low: discussing tasks, planning, and clarifying details felt much smoother. Before, using the extension or the CLI was pretty tough—the conversation felt “dry.” But now it feels like I’m chatting with Claude or Gemini. I entered the exact same command—the answers are essentially the same, but Opencode explains it much more clearly. Could someone tell me what the secret is?

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Second day testing the opencode + gpt-5.2-medium setup, and the difference is huge. With Codex CLI and the extension, it was hard for me to properly discuss tasks and plan — the conversation felt dry. Here, I can spend the whole day calmly talking things through and breaking plans down step by step. It genuinely feels like working with Opus, and sometimes even better. I’m using it specifically for planning and discussion, not for writing code. I don’t fully understand how opencode achieves this effect — it doesn’t seem like something you can get just by tweaking rules. With Codex CLI, it felt like talking to a robot; now it feels like talking to a genuinely understanding person.

Recently opencoded added chatgpt support (not just api key, subscription models work too). Anybody used that? How does opencode cli perform against codex cli?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been seeing a lot of people moving from Claude code to Codex, so I’m thinking about giving it a try.

For those who’ve used it:

Do you prefer Codex CLI or GPT-5.2 Codex on OpenCode?

What’s the best way to use Codex day-to-day (workflow, setup, tips)?

Thanks!

From what I’ve seen so far, Claude Code seems to have the best overall reviews in terms of quality and performance. The main downside for me is that it’s locked behind a company and not open source (I know about the leak, but I’m more interested in something officially open and actively maintained).

Codex, on the other hand, looks really appealing because it’s open source and allows for forks, which gives it a lot more flexibility and long-term potential.

Then there’s OpenCode, probably the most interesting of the three. It has a huge community and a lot of momentum, but I’m not sure if it’s actually on par with the others in real-world use.

Curious to hear your thoughts, how do these compare in practice? Is OpenCode actually competitive, or is it more hype than substance?

Oh and by Claude i'm referring to the open sourced forks that are comming, which we don't know if will be updated or etc, not using the proprietary one ever

Fellow Codex users, anyone using codex in OpenCode or https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode? I want to know what the general consensus is on this, whether it’s advised or if you think just using Codex cli is possibly better. Im seeing lots of hype with OpenCode so want to hear people’s thoughts and if they’ve tried it. (Also if you use codex with it does it charge to your api key or you can use your weekly codex limit from chatgpt plan?) Thanks.

I’m really interested in the project since I love open source, but I’m not sure what are the pros of using OpenCode.

I love using Codex with the VSC extension and I’m not sure if i can have the same dev experience with Open Code.