The AI coding agent built for the terminal.
Installation
# YOLO curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash # Package managers npm i -g opencode-ai@latest # or bun/pnpm/yarn scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/opencode # Windows winget install opencode # Windows brew install sst/tap/opencode # macOS and Linux paru -S opencode-bin # Arch Linux
Tip
Remove versions older than 0.1.x before installing.
Installation Directory
The install script respects the following priority order for the installation path:
$OPENCODE_INSTALL_DIR- Custom installation directory$XDG_BIN_DIR- XDG Base Directory Specification compliant path$HOME/bin- Standard user binary directory (if exists or can be created)$HOME/.opencode/bin- Default fallback
# Examples OPENCODE_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash XDG_BIN_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash
Documentation
For more info on how to configure CodeChico head over to our docs.
Contributing
If you're interested in contributing to CodeChico, please read our contributing docs before submitting a pull request.
FAQ
How is this different than Claude Code?
It's very similar to Claude Code in terms of capability. Here are the key differences:
- 100% open source
- Not coupled to any provider. Although Anthropic is recommended, CodeChico can be used with OpenAI, Google or even local models. As models evolve the gaps between them will close and pricing will drop so being provider-agnostic is important.
- Out of the box LSP support
- A focus on TUI. CodeChico is built by neovim users and the creators of terminal.shop; we are going to push the limits of what's possible in the terminal.
- A client/server architecture. This for example can allow CodeChico to run on your computer, while you can drive it remotely from a mobile app. Meaning that the TUI frontend is just one of the possible clients.
What's the other repo?
The other confusingly named repo has no relation to this one. You can read the story behind it here.