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OpenCode 2.0 is a ground-up rewrite with a cleanly designed API, always-on service architecture, multi-host device awareness, and a new plugin API. The team burned massive tokens on exhaustive design exploration — researching every prior art and possible API shape before committing to anything.
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Wes asks about OpenCode 2.0 and Dax answers with characteristic self-awareness: 'My entire career it's always taken me three swings to get something right.' OpenCode 0 and 1 were the first two swings; 2.0 is the informed rewrite. The architectural centerpiece is running OpenCode as a persistent local service rather than a session-scoped process — everything syncs automatically across desktop and web, and users can write their own scripts and apps against it. More striking is the multi-host device graph: Dax's Linux server, Mac Studio, and Framework desktop are all Tailscale-connected and OpenCode-aware. [1] — Dax Raad "OpenCode 2.0 is a ground-up rewrite with a cleanly designed API, always-on service architecture, multi-host device awareness, and a new plu…" 11:31 When the Linux server wants to send an iMessage, it SSHs into the Mac and uses that browser session. No special plumbing required — just the fact of connectivity is enough. Electron replaced Tauri for the desktop app (though the desktop was never formally released out of beta). The beta was targeted for end of the recording week, full release a month after.
OpenCode 2.0, a major rewrite with a new API and always-running service model, was planned for beta release by end of the recording week.
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