Hello, I'm an avid user of Claude Code, and has recently tried switching to Opencode since I also have a GitHub Copilot subscription and would like to use it (and Claude Code) with the opencode CLI.

However, the opencode CLI has some limitations that make it hard for me to switch to it completely. I'll list them here, and maybe y'all can help me understand why and maybe mitigate them.

1. Skill Marketplace: It seems opencode's support for plugins and marketplaces doesn't quite match that of Claude Code. With CC, I can add a variety of skills from sources (like obra's skills) directly from the marketplace. Not sure if it's possible to do with Claude Code

2. Dangerous permissions by default: The "Build" agent is synonymous to Claude code's --dangerously-skip-permissions flag. It just implements the stuff without asking you anything, and can run any command on your system, which is extremely dangerous. I would like if there was another agent that would ask me for permissions like CLaude to access tools like WebFetch or run commands.

3. The TUI is meh... The interface of opencode is a CLI, but tries to act like a GUI. While there's some merit to it (like you can click on messages to copy, edit, restore, etc...), the experience feels unnatural, the scroll speed doesn't match the ones in my other applications.

I have seen a lot of people saying that opencode is better than cc at a variety of tasks but I have not really felt that, like I just wanna know how are you guys using opencode I use my code and antigravity models from opencode but like claude code and codex combined does the job for me for a lot of work like am i using the wrong models in opencode or is it meant for something different. I just wanna know ways in which I can improve my setup to make it at par with cc.

I've been testing OpenAI's Codex CLI vs Claude Code in a 500k codebase which has a React Vite frontend and a ASP .NET 9 API, MySQL DB hosted on Azure. My takeaways from my use cases (or watch them from the YT video link in the comments):

- Boy oh boy, Codex CLI has caught up BIG time with GPT5 High Reasoning, I even preferred it to Claude Code in some implementations

- Codex uses GPT 5 MUCH better than in other AI Coding tools like Cursor

- Vid: https://youtu.be/MBhG5__15b0

- Codex was lacking a simple YOLO mode when I tested. You had to acknowledge not running in a sandbox AND allow it to never ask for approvals, which is a bit annoying, but you can just create an alias like codex-yolo for it

- Claude Code actually had more shots (error feedback/turns) than Codex to get things done

- Claude Code still has more useful features, like subagents and hooks. Notifications from Codex are still in a bit of beta

- GPT5 in Codex stops less to ask questions than in other AI tools, it's probably because of the released official GPT5 Prompting Guide by OpenAI

What is your experience with both tools?

Opus 4.1 is a beast of a coding model, but I'd suggest to any Claude Max user to at least try Codex CLI for a day. It can also use your ChatGPT subscription now and I've been getting a ton of usage out of my Plus tier. Even with Sonnet, Claude Pro would have limited me LONG ago.

A few thoughts:

• While I still prefer CC + Opus 4.1 overall, I actually prefer the code that Codex CLI + GPT-5 writes. It's closer to the code I'd also write.

• I've used CC over Bedrock and Vertex for work and the rate limits were getting really ridiculous. Not sure this also happens with the Anthropic API, but it's really refreshing how quick and stable GPT-5 performs over Codex CLI.

• As of today Claude Code is a much more feature rich and complete tool compared to Codex. I miss quite a few things coming from CC, but core functionality is there and works well.

• GPT-5 seems to have a very clear edge on debugging.

• GPT-5 finds errors/bugs while working on something else, which I haven't noticed this strongly with Claude.

• Codex CLI now also supports MCP, although support for image inputs doesn't seem to work.

• Codex doesn't ship with fetch or search, so be sure to add those via MCP. I'm using my own

• If your budget ends at $20 per month, I think ChatGPT might be the best value for your money

What's your experience?

I’m curious what people here are using more for coding: Claude Code or OpenCode.

Which one do you personally prefer, and why?
Is it better reasoning, speed, pricing, rate limits, editor integration, or something else?

Would love to hear real-world experiences and tradeoffs. Thanks!

For those who have already tested the Codex, what do you think?

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

I’ve tried both, and for now I slightly prefer Codex. I can’t fully explain why, it mostly comes down to some personal benchmarks based on my day-to-day work.

One big plus for Codex is usage: on the $20 plan I’ve never hit usage limits or interruptions, while using the same plan on both.

With Codex I’m using AGENTS.md, some reusable prompts in a prompts folder, and I’m planning to experiment with skills. I also tried plugging in a simple MCP server I built, but I couldn’t get it to work with Codex, so it feels a bit less flexible in that area.

What do you think is better overall: Claude Code or Codex? In terms of output quality and features.

Let the fight begin