OpenCode vs Antigravity: what 1 developers chose.
1,081 opinions. 1 developers named a direct preference: OpenCode 1–0. Approval is 66% vs 45%.
If you want cost & pricing, choose OpenCode. If you want speed, choose Antigravity. The 1–0 direct split is not a landslide; it is a difference in working style.
Choose OpenCode if you…
- Want an open-source harness you can modify
- Care about cost and looser usage caps
- Accept reliability complaints in exchange for control
Choose Antigravity if you…
- Want a Google-backed IDE with Gemini models
- Value speed over stability
- Already pay for a Google AI subscription
Cost & pricing for OpenCode. Speed for Antigravity.
Net sentiment per topic: praise minus complaints, as a share of mentions. Positive means more praise than complaints. Hover a dot for the raw counts.
Net sentiment = praise minus complaints, as a share of each tool's mentions. The dot lanes are only for readability; position is the score.
View data table
| Topic | OpenCode | Antigravity | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost & pricing | +65 | -8 | 137 / 37 |
| Reliability | -36 | -56 | 122 / 73 |
| UX | +34 | -45 | 142 / 40 |
| Customization | +82 | -50 | 91 / 8 |
| Usage limits | +63 | -27 | 43 / 49 |
| Autonomy | +33 | -10 | 39 / 20 |
| Code quality | +6 | +30 | 36 / 23 |
The same decision, from both sides.
Paraphrased from comments where a developer named a preference or described a switch. Each links to the original.
Picked OpenCode 1 developers
Prefers OpenCode's free plan to Antigravity's agy CLI, citing Gemini instruction failures and an unusable wrapper.
Picked Antigravity 0 developers
No explicit switches recorded.
The numbers.
| Metric | OpenCode | Antigravity |
|---|---|---|
| Approval | 66% | 45% |
| Last 90 days | 55% | 42% |
| Opinions | 780 | 301 |
| Developers | 569 | 259 |
| First-hand opinions | 597 | 238 |
| Direct picks | 1 | 0 |
| Type | Terminal agent | AI IDE |
| Made by | Open source | |
| Website | Visit ↗ | Visit ↗ |
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How to read this comparison.
Approval is the positive share of opinions that took a side, with the rank based on the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval. Direct picks count comments where a developer explicitly preferred one tool or described switching. Small samples are noisier; check the opinion counts.
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