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OpenCode Go is a $10/month subscription from the OpenCode (Anomaly) team that bundles access to a curated set of open coding models, usable from OpenCode or any compatible coding agent.

What it is
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Go sells model access, not an editor or a harness. You subscribe, copy an API key, and point any agent at OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic-compatible, or Responses endpoints under opencode.ai/zen/go/v1. The lineup is 32 open-weight coding models as of 2026-09-26 (Grok 4.7/4.6, GLM-5.3 family, Kimi K3, Qwen3.x, DeepSeek V4, MiniMax M3, MiMo, GPT 6 Luna), and only one member per workspace can hold a subscription.

Status
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Active and changing fast. The OpenCode repo shows about 208K GitHub stars as of 2026-09-26, the Go docs were last updated 2026-09-25, and the plan has grown from a three-model Beta in March 2026 to 32 models. Churn is constant: GPT 6 Luna arrived 2026-09-22 and Space Bunny Free appeared as a limited-time unlimited model. Go converts $10 into up to $60 of metered usage per month, and that 6x ratio is the entire value proposition.

Strengths
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  • The $60 monthly usage value costs $10, up to 6x leverage if you max it.
  • Models are benchmarked for agentic coding before inclusion, per the team.
  • Works with any agent; Claude Code, Codex, Pi, jcode, and Kilo Code CLI are validated clients.
  • Dollar-denominated windows make the bill predictable, free models stay available after limits, and “Use balance” falls back to your Zen balance instead of hard-stopping requests.
  • Most models run with zero retention and no training on your data.

Cautions
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  • This is no longer general API access.
  • Since September 2026, clients must send coding-agent traffic, a real user agent, and an x-opencode-session header, which the community reads as whitelisting non-agent use.
  • Limits are dollar-value, so flagship tiers (Grok, Kimi K3, GLM-5.3, GPT 6 Luna) include only $15/month, with a $3 5-hour window.
  • The catalog and limits change monthly, the $5 first-month promo is gone, and usage estimates assume heavy prompt caching, so your real request counts will not match.
  • Muse Spark Contributor models train on your prompts and are region-limited.

Pricing
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$10/month, cancel any time, as of 2026-09-26. Each model carries a monthly dollar limit (mostly $60, some $30, $15 for flagships), with windows at 20% per rolling 5 hours (so $12 on a $60 model) and 50% weekly ($30). Exceeded limits fall back to free models, or to your Zen balance if you enable it. Top-ups draw on the shared Zen balance, where card fees are passed at cost (4.4% + $0.30).

Price history
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Date Plan Change Source
2026-03-12 Go (Beta) Baseline: $10/month, three models (GLM-5, Kimi K2.5, MiniMax M2.5), $60 usage value https://help.apiyi.com/en/opencode-go-subscription-worth-it-review-en.html
2026-08-24 Go First-month $5 promo removed, flat $10/month https://codingplan.org/en/plans/opencode-go
2026-09-02 Go $15 monthly limit became the standard for several flagship models (community-reported) https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1vo9j8l/opencode_go_15_is_now_the_standard/
2026-09-24 GLM-5.3-Flash Monthly limit doubled to $60 (docs confirm $60 by 2026-09-25) https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wc1cwe/glm_53_flash_now_gets_twice_the_limits_on/

Compared to
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OpenCode Zen (../opencode-zen/index.md) is the sibling pay-per-use gateway: no subscription, huge catalog including Claude and GPT, but per-token prices that can exceed OpenRouter’s. Choose Go when you want a capped, predictable bill for open models. OpenRouter (../openrouter/index.md) has hundreds of models with routing and fallback at passthrough prices plus a 5.5% credit fee; choose it when you need frontier or long-tail models Go does not carry. Direct DeepSeek API beats Go unless you fully use the $60 cap, per a community breakdown that pegs Go at 33% cheaper only at full usage.

Bottom line
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Recommended for heavy users of open coding models who will actually burn the $60 monthly value. Not for anyone needing general-purpose API access, closed frontier models, or light usage. My disagreeable claim: at roughly 50% usage Go is about break-even with direct API pricing, so most subscribers are partly paying for slack they never consume.

Changes
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  • 2026-09-26 - Created.

See also
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  • OpenCode Zen - the sibling pay-per-use gateway sharing the same balance and free models.
  • OpenRouter - the largest general gateway and the main price competitor for the same open models.
  • OpenCode - the harness Go is bundled with and defaults to.
  • Model provider feature matrix - cross-provider comparison of access features.

References
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