Gigacode

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coding agent interface

SHOW HN2026

27points
11comments
#1,715of 4,366 in 2026
Top 40%of 2026 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.

Idea: 2 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Commenters like the OpenCode UI and the idea of interchangeable agent backends

    From 1 comment
    • I feel like this was made for me. I really like the OpenCode UI. Maybe this will finally create an ecosystem interchangeable LLM backends and UIs. I hope this will go beyond just…
      solarkraft on HN
  • Agreement that harnesses matter as much as models

    From 1 comment
    • > I personally believe that harnesses matter almost as much as the models in 2026. Agreed. Great work
      vercantez on HN

Objections

  • AI cloud vendors have incentives to lock users in

    From 1 comment
    • Doubtful, AI cloud needs to lock in users. There's no world where they justify their values and say "the user can switch at any time"
      cyanydeez on HN

Requests

  • Support for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) over HTTP

    From 1 comment
    • Spontaneously I would like a protocol between agents and the clients and that's exactly what agentclientprotocol.com is. I wonder if you shuffle acp over https is it then similar…
      phromo on HN

Questions

  • Whether using Claude Code subscriptions this way violates Anthropic's terms of service

    From 1 comment
    • This looks neat. Thank you! How does this relate to the recent changes of not being able to use a Claude Code Max subscription outside of Claude Code anymore? I assume…
      mgw on HN
  • Benefit of OpenCode UI compared with VS Code with agents

    From 1 comment
    • What's the benefit of using opencode ui vs vscode with agents?
      SeriousM on HN

Alternatives named

  • VS Code with agents

    From 1 comment
    • What's the benefit of using opencode ui vs vscode with agents?
      SeriousM on HN

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