Comparison · under IB-CODE-2026.2
Cursor vs OpenCode
| Cursor | OpenCode | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anysphere | opencode.ai (OSS community) |
| Pricing | Pro $20/mo + token-based SDK usage | Free OSS + API tokens (BYOK); works with Ollama for local/zero-cost runs |
| Default model | Composer 2 (proprietary) — switchable to Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.5 Pro | Configurable — community default claude-sonnet-4-6 or gemini-2.5-pro |
| CLI surface | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eval status | queued | in progress |
Comparison pending — neither side evaluated yet
Both Cursor and OpenCode are currently unevaluated under IB-CODE-2026.2. This page will update as evaluations land.
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About each tool
Cursor
Cursor is the IDE-first agentic coding tool with $2B ARR by Feb 2026 (fastest B2B SaaS scaling on record). The Cursor SDK released April 29 2026 exposes the agent harness programmatically for the first time — codebase indexing, semantic search, subagent spawning, hooks, MCP. Evaluations under IB-COD…
OpenCode
OpenCode is the 2026 open-source breakout in agentic coding CLIs. Launched March 2025, crossed Cline and OpenHands in GitHub stars by April 2026 (140K+), closing the gap on Aider. Go-based TUI with built-in plan mode, MCP support, and provider-agnostic backends (75+ providers including local Ollama)…