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OpenCode 2.0 — terminal, desktop and web on one background service
Major 2.0 release of the open-source, model-agnostic coding agent: one shared background service powers the terminal, desktop, and web clients.
Why it matters
Sessions, config, permissions and tool execution live in one auto-started background service, so long-running agent work survives closing a window or switching clients; plus a rebuilt API, embeddable SDK, and Code Mode for chaining MCP tools in JavaScript.
What you could build with it
An indie developer could build a team dashboard that pairs with the shared background service to watch long-running agent sessions across terminal, desktop, and web from one place, with alerts when a session stalls or needs approval.
Does it hold up?
A widely used agent (200k+ stars) with a mature terminal experience; 2.0 is hours old, so the new background-service architecture is unproven in the wild, and 1.x plugins do not work in 2.0, so early adopters should expect migration friction.
Built with OpenCode 2.0
- Cloudflare Agents SDK 0.28.0 adds OpenCode 2.0 supportarticle · Cloudflare Agents SDK added experimental OpenCode 2.0 support through an OpenCodeHarness, with SQLite sessions and lifecycle jobs.
- OpenCode 2.0 puts terminal, desktop and web on one background servicearticle · Independent writeup of the 2.0 changes: shared background service, rebuilt API, embeddable SDK, Code Mode, and the 1.x plugin break.
- chaitanyagiri/munder-difflingithub · Free open-source desktop app that runs OpenCode agents next to Claude Code and Codex, each in its own terminal.
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