Originally published on rohitraj.tech
OpenCode just became the most-starred AI coding agent on GitHub — 172,198 stars under MIT, with v1.17.4 shipping June 12, 2026. Here is the developer read: how the free, model-agnostic OpenCode compares to Claude Code and Cursor, the Terminal-Bench numbers, the BYOK cost math, and when each one is the right call.
Read the full version with code samples, diagrams, and architecture details: OpenCode vs Claude Code vs Cursor: The Best AI Coding Agent in 2026?
More engineering notes: rohitraj.tech/en/notes
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