kimi-cli and opencode, fact by fact
| Fact | kimi-cli | opencode |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | not tracked for kimi-cli | 212,333Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Newest commit | not tracked for kimi-cli | 8 Oct 20260 days old when we read itVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Contributors | not tracked for kimi-cli | 454Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| License | not tracked for kimi-cli | MITVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Latest stable release | not tracked for kimi-cli | v1.18.35published 6 Oct 2026Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| npm downloads | not tracked for kimi-cli | 3,318,599 a weekopencode-aiVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Homebrew installs | not tracked for kimi-cli | 21,432 in 30 daysopencodeVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Repository | not tracked for kimi-cli | anomalyco/opencodeTypeScriptVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
What our catalogue holds
These are curated rows, not readings. We state no difference between the two columns because we have not checked either of them.
| Catalogue field | kimi-cli | opencode |
|---|---|---|
| Category | CLI Tool | CLI Tool |
| Where it runs | Terminal | Terminal |
| Pricing string, uncheckedWrong on 43 of our 190 rows. Not a price of ours. | Open Source | Open Source |
| Vendor page | github.com | opencode.ai |
What we know about opencode
OpenCode reaches 75+ LLM providers and local models from a single config file, because it resolves every model through the AI SDK and the Models.dev catalogue instead of a hand-written provider list.
“OpenCode uses the AI SDK and Models.dev to support 75+ LLM providers and it supports running local models.”
Explore an unfamiliar codebase before you change it: the built-in plan agent refuses file edits and asks before each bash command.
“**plan** - Read-only agent for analysis and code exploration · - Denies file edits by default · - Asks permission before running bash commands · - Ideal for exploring unfamiliar codebases or planning changes”
Run one task against two vendors' models in the same session: `/connect` adds a provider key and the model picker switches without a restart.
“Add the API keys for the provider using the /connect command.”
Run the agent inside CI on your own runner: mentioning /opencode or /oc on a GitHub issue or pull request executes the task in GitHub Actions.
“OpenCode integrates with your GitHub workflow. Mention /opencode or /oc in your comment, and OpenCode will execute tasks within your GitHub Actions runner.”
A fresh install edits files and runs shell commands with no approval prompt, because every permission except `doom_loop` and `external_directory` starts at allow.
“Most permissions default to "allow".”
Memory grows through a long terminal session: the maintainers opened a central memory thread on 2026-04-02, asked users for heap snapshots taken once the process reaches 1-2 GB, and the thread is still open 139 days later.
“We have scattered reports of memory issues so we are going to tackle them all in a central place.”
`/share` copies the transcript to OpenCode's servers, and the resulting link needs no password.
“Shared conversations are publicly accessible to anyone with the link.”
A team that must lock the agent down before its first run should choose Codex CLI, which starts inside an OS-enforced sandbox with the network switched off.
“By default, the agent runs with network access turned off.”
What opencode costs
OpenCode Go, the optional subscription, costs $5 for the first month and $10 a month after that, and one workspace can hold only one subscriber.
“OpenCode Go is a low cost subscription — $5 for your first month, then $10/month — that gives you reliable access to popular open coding models.”
A workspace can hold only one Go subscriber, so a second developer needs a second workspace.
“Only one member per workspace can subscribe to OpenCode Go.”
What this page does not answer
We have researched opencode and we have not researched kimi-cli. That means the judgments above answer for one tool and not for the other, and we publish no price for kimi-cli because we have not read its pricing page. Nothing on this page about kimi-cli is our opinion; there is not enough evidence yet for one.
Questions people ask
- Are kimi-cli and opencode still maintained?
- kimi-cli has no repository we track. opencode committed to anomalyco/opencode (dev) on 8 Oct 2026. Both readings come from the default branch of each repository, on the date shown beside them.
- What does opencode cost?
- kimi-cli: we have not read its pricing page, so we publish no price for it. opencode: OpenCode Go, the optional subscription, costs $5 for the first month and $10 a month after that, and one workspace can hold only one subscriber. A workspace can hold only one Go subscriber, so a second developer needs a second workspace. Every figure here is quoted from the vendor's own page and linked beside the claim.
- Is kimi-cli or opencode open source?
- We have not read a licence for kimi-cli. opencode's repository anomalyco/opencode reports the MIT licence. We read the licence GitHub reports for the repository, which is not the same question as whether the hosted product is free.
How we check this page
- Machine facts. Stars, contributors, the newest commit on the default branch, the licence GitHub reports and the latest stable release come from the GitHub API, and download counts from npm, PyPI, Homebrew and the VS Code Marketplace. Each value carries the day it was last confirmed, never the day this page was built. The line under each label is arithmetic on those two values.
- Judgments. Every claim about what a tool suits, what it is bad at and what it costs is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where there is no link, we wrote no claim.
- Index status. opencode carries claims we read, quoted and linked; kimi-cli does not. So this page is offered to search engines.
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