Codeburn vs OpenCode (2026): Which Vibe Coding App Is Better?

Both are popular terminal coding agents. Here is how Codeburn and OpenCode stack up on price, strengths and weaknesses, and which one we would pick.

Codeburn

Free local dashboard that tracks AI coding token spend across 40+ tools

6.5 /10

Pricing: Open source

Pros

100% local — reads existing session files with no account, API keys, or uploads; optional desktop telemetry defaults off in the EU/EEA/UK
Covers roughly 40 tools/agents with genuinely useful features (waste detection with auto-fix, budget guards, spend-vs-commits correlation)
Free and open source (MIT) with an active community (11k+ GitHub stars, reportedly 150k+ users)

Cons

It's an observability/cost tool, not a coding agent — it doesn't write or edit code itself
Cost estimates rely on a 24-hour-cached pricing feed (LiteLLM), so very new or custom models can lag briefly

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OpenCode

Open-source terminal coding agent that works with any model provider

8.4 /10

Pricing: Open source

Pros

Free and open source; any model provider
Claude Code-style extensibility
Fast, well-designed terminal UI

Cons

You pay the model provider directly; costs vary with usage
Smaller community of ready-made extensions

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Codeburn vs OpenCode at a glance

	Codeburn	OpenCode
Editor score	6.5 / 10	8.4 / 10
Pricing model	Open source	Open source
Starting price	Free	Free
Reader upvotes	1	1
Best for	cost-tracking, cli, analytics	terminal, open source, byok
Agent Skills support	No	Yes
Subagents support	No	Yes
MCP support	No	Yes
AGENTS.md support	No	Yes
Plugins support	No	Yes
Hooks support	No	No
Rules support	No	No
Agent skills in this directory	0	53
Subagents & agents in this directory	3	26
MCP servers in this directory	0	73

Our pick

OpenCode edges it with a score of 8.4 versus 6.5. OpenCode is the better fit if you value: free and open source; any model provider, claude code-style extensibility. Choose Codeburn instead if you need: 100% local — reads existing session files with no account, api keys, or uploads; optional desktop telemetry defaults off in the eu/eea/uk, covers roughly 40 tools/agents with genuinely useful features (waste detection with auto-fix, budget guards, spend-vs-commits correlation).