Week 45, updated 2 Nov 2026

Coding agents OpenCode

Is OpenCode safe?

Short answer: No issues found. StackGrade's weekly scan of anomalyco/opencode found no issues: no critical-severity dependency advisories, no downloading install hooks, no remote-code patterns and no risky agent instruction files. It does list 46 high-severity advisories in runtime dependencies, which don't change the label. Automated scan of commit 056d5f0 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

Updated : the last week its score, rank or safety result changed.

Open-source coding agent for the terminal (formerly sst/opencode).

  • 223,907 stars
  • pushed 2 Nov
  • MIT
  • TypeScript

github.com/anomalyco/opencode · opencode.ai

70score out of 100

#5of 52 overall#2in Coding agentssame score as Week 44

  • Maintenance 30%76
  • Adoption 30%95
  • Docs 20%22
  • Community 20%–
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Score over the last 4 weeks: 81, 83, 70, 70.

No issues found

All checks clean in the scan of 2 Nov 2026.

How this score works

Each part is a percentile among all 52 tracked tools, so 50 is average for this list. Community is not measured yet; the score uses the other 80%.

  • Maintenance: Last push 2 Nov 2026. Last 10 GitHub releases within 4 days (about 75 per 30 days), latest release 30 Oct 2026. Issue close time: fewer than 5 closed issues, so not used.
  • Adoption: 223,907 stars (70%), 30,104 forks (30%).
  • Docs: README 4,583 characters, 9 headings, 2 code blocks, install section: yes.

Methodology

#2 of 14 in Coding agents

Ranked by score. The yellow row is this tool.

Coding agents, Week 45score 0–100, safety
  1. 1Gemini CLI#4 overall70Caution
  2. 2OpenCode#5 overall70No issues found
  3. 3OpenHands#10 overall68Caution
  4. 4Claude Code#11 overall65No dependencies scanned
  5. 5Cline#12 overall65Caution
  6. 6Codex#16 overall58Caution
Show the other 8
  1. 7deepseek-harness#17 overall57Caution
  2. 8KiroCrew#27 overall52Caution
  3. 9magpie#28 overall51No issues found
  4. 10Continue#43 overall37Caution
  5. 11goose#44 overall36Caution
  6. 12Aider#45 overall31Caution
  7. 13codex-plugin-cc#48 overall29No issues found
  8. 14Roo Code#51 overall23Caution

Safety scan, 2 Nov 2026

Automated scan of commit 056d5f0, 6,592 files. Not a manual audit.

No issues found

  • 0Critical dependency advisories46 high, 37 medium, 10 low. OSV, runtime dependencies only.
  • 1Install hooksnpm scripts that run on install; none downloads remote content.
  • 0Remote-code patternsFor example eval(fetch(…)).
  • 192Agent files checked0 phrases flagged for review.
  • 9curl | sh installersIn docs or program code. Information only.
Why this label?

No issues found by the automated scan.

Known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV): 0 critical, 46 high, 37 medium, 10 low

Also found (informational, does not change the label):

  • 46 high-severity known vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies (OSV)
  • 1 npm install hook, none downloading remote content
  • Program code runs a curl|sh style installer (4 occurrences, e.g. packages/console/app/src/routes/download/index.tsx)
  • Documents curl|sh style installer (23 occurrences, e.g. .github/workflows/bot-docs-locale.yml)

Notes:

  • 5 affected packages only in dev/test/docs manifests, not counted
  • Telemetry/analytics references in code: telemetry, posthog, amplitude

Automated scan of commit 056d5f0 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit. 6,592 files checked. What we check

Repo activity

From the GitHub API, fetched 2 Nov 2026.

  • 10+Releases, 90 daysLatest v2.2.5, 30 Oct
  • –Median issue closeFewer than 5 closed issues
  • 224kStarsGitHub stars
  • 30.1kForks3,750 open issues
  • 2025Repo created30 Apr 2025
30 days ago2 Nov
10 releases in the last 30 days, one mark each (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries).

10 releases in the last 30 days (GitHub releases feed, last 10 entries):

Questions about OpenCode

Answers use this week's StackGrade data.

Is OpenCode safe to use?

No issues found. StackGrade's weekly scan of anomalyco/opencode found no issues: no critical-severity dependency advisories, no downloading install hooks, no remote-code patterns and no risky agent instruction files. It does list 46 high-severity advisories in runtime dependencies, which don't change the label. Automated scan of commit 056d5f0 on 2 Nov 2026, not a manual audit.

How does StackGrade score OpenCode?

OpenCode scores 70 out of 100 in Week 45: #5 of 52 tracked tools overall and #2 in Coding agents. The score combines maintenance (76), adoption (95) and docs (22) as percentiles among all 52 tracked tools; community (20% weight) is not measured yet, so the score uses the other 80%. It is not a hands-on test and it is separate from the safety label.

What are the alternatives to OpenCode?

The highest-scored other tools in Coding agents this week: Gemini CLI (70, Caution), OpenHands (68, Caution), Claude Code (65, No dependencies scanned), Cline (65, Caution). StackGrade has not tested them hands-on.

What licence does OpenCode use?

The licence listed for anomalyco/opencode is MIT. Read the licence text before commercial use.

Compare and use it

All facts and sources
Type
AI tool
License
MIT
Language
TypeScript
Created
30 Apr 2025
Owner
anomalyco (Organization)
Forks
30,104
Homepage
opencode.ai

GitHub description: “The open source coding agent.”

Sources: github.com/anomalyco/opencode, api.github.com/repos/sst/opencode, raw.githubusercontent.com/anomalyco/opencode/dev/README.md. Fetched 2 Nov 2026.

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