On one hand I agree, but how different is it really from running an opaque executable or installer.

There is an install script for linux front and center on the page (classic curl into sh). For other distros, they’re having you add their own repository and install from that. Just as sketchy.

It’s unwise to trust Brave, anyway.

same way you get packages anywhere else

You can do this and still use it to generate insecure code or even malicious code! Humans suck at reviewing

Is that included in the token & cost counter? I haven’t really noticed that yet. It’s just the most reliable and best harness i’ve yet used. For context i’ve only otherwise tried claude, gemini, and aider. More if you count non cli apps

yo… what? i was configuring json files n shit with custom sources. granted i used lmstudio as ollama doesn’t support mlx models or something for mac. This is definitely the easy way if you’re using ollama.

Opencode isn’t very fun to set up with local LLMs and I’ve had issues with tool calling, but it’s very doable! That said, OpenCode is my go-to, absolutely love it compared to all alternatives I’ve tried