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OpenCode ranks #17 of 34 in ai coding assistants in the week of 12 October 2026, with a visibility score of 5 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 7% of the answers we sampled.

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OpenCode shows up in 7 of 70 answers across AI assistants, landing an overall score of 5 out of 100. ChatGPT rates it highest at 10, Perplexity gives it 7, Claude just 2, and Gemini doesn't mention it at all, scoring 0. Its best showings come on questions about free and open-source coding assistants, named in 2 of 4 and 2 of 3 answers respectively. It gets occasional nods for whole-codebase work, terminal use, and 2026 rankings, but it's never named for reliability, local privacy, testing, beginners, or value for money.

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Who's talking about you

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	11	15% of answers	#3.3
Claude	3	5% of answers	#5.0
Gemini	0	0% of answers
Perplexity	6	5% of answers	#1.0

Questions you win

question	named in	best spot
What are the best alternatives to Claude Code?	3 of 4	#3
What's the best open-source AI coding assistant?	2 of 4	#1
What are the best alternatives to Aider?	2 of 4	#1
What's the best AI coding assistant that works in the terminal?	1 of 3	#3
What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase?	1 of 3	#6
What are the top AI coding assistants in 2026?	1 of 4	#5
What are the best alternatives to Cursor?	1 of 4	#7

Questions you lose

question	who got named instead
What are the best AI coding assistants?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What's the best AI code editor right now?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf
Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What are the best free AI coding assistants?	GitHub Copilot, Gemini Code Assist, Cline
Which AI coding tool writes the most reliable code?	Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex
What's the best AI coding assistant for a solo developer building a SaaS?	Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
What's the best AI coding assistant for beginners learning to code?	GitHub Copilot, Cursor
Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?	GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code
What's the best AI coding assistant for Python?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What's the best AI tool for writing and fixing React and Next.js code?	Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases?	Claude Code, Cursor, Sourcegraph Cody
What's the best AI tool to review pull requests automatically?	CodeRabbit, Greptile, GitHub Copilot
What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy?	Continue, Aider, Cline
Which AI coding tool is best for writing tests?	Cursor, Qodo, Claude Code
What's the best AI coding assistant for VS Code?	GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Cline
What's the best AI coding assistant for building mobile apps?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
What are the best alternatives to GitHub Copilot?	Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf
What are the best alternatives to Windsurf?	Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code

Assistants cited 13 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for AI coding assistants.

In their words

ChatGPT“If you're looking for an alternative to Aider — the terminal-based, Git-aware AI pair programmer — my top recommendations are OpenCode, Claude Code, Cline, and OpenAI Codex CLI\.”
Claude“opencode — open-source, provider-agnostic terminal agent; probably the closest philosophical successor to Aider for people who want model freedom.”
Perplexity“| OpenCode | Open-source terminal alternative | Strong capability with freedom to switch among supported models rather than being locked to one provider.”

Closest rivals

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