OpenCode: 5-Minute Setup for Free Frontier-Level AI Models
OpenCode, a tool, now offers several free AI models ready to use. The lineup includes , DeepSeek MiMo V2.5, Xiaomi Hy3, Tencent Nemotron 3 Ultra, NVIDIA North Mini Code, and an unnamed stealth model from Cohere. According to leaderboard rankings, some of these models match the quality of top-tier .
OpenCode itself works as a harness with an extensible design, which is well regarded. The writer plans to try Pi next, noting that Pi is minimalistic — a good fit for tinkerers who like to customize things themselves, but not ideal for someone who wants a full-featured ready to go out of the box.
Key points
- OpenCode offers free access to , DeepSeek MiMo V2.5, Xiaomi Hy3, Tencent Nemotron 3 Ultra, NVIDIA North Mini Code, and a stealth Cohere model
- Some of these free models rank at frontier-model quality on the leaderboard
- OpenCode is a harness with an extensible design
- Pi , mentioned as a comparison, is minimalistic and better suited to tinkerers than to users wanting an out-of-the-box full-featured agent