I got tired of running out of usage on my Claude Pro sub with Claude Code, and my recent experience with OpenCode-hosted models showed they were very capable. So I put together opencode-starter, a small npm CLI that walks you through setup and launches Claude Code pointed at OpenCode Zen or Go. What it actually does: Interactive wizard - pick your subscription tier (free / Zen / Go / both), backend, and model from a filtered list Free models stand out - zero-cost options are labeled clearly in the picker, including MiniMax M3 (which is really good imho) OpenAI-format models via a local proxy - DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, etc. get routed through a built-in translation layer, so Claude Code still speaks Anthropic format. Starts on a random local port, stops when you exit Clean env isolation - strips conflicting vars (Vertex, Bedrock, AWS, etc.) and sets ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL , ANTHROPIC_API_KEY , and ANTHROPIC_MODEL for the child process only. Your shell stays untouched when Claude exits Key storage your way - Keychain / Credential Manager / Secret Service, or shell profile, or session-only (Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux) opencode-starter server
- optional foreground API gateway if you want other tools to hit the same backend Install: npm install -g opencode-starter Launch Claude with it: pencode-starter claude You need an OpenCode API key from opencode.ai/auth (for free models, no CC needed), and Claude Code installed (even if you don’t have a Claude Subscription) Repo: https://github.com/jacob-bd/opencode-starter (demo included within) It’s MIT, early days, and I’m sure there are rough edges. If you try it, I’d love to hear what breaks or what’s missing. What would make a launcher like this actually useful for your daily Claude Code workflow? My roadmap:
- Codex CLI / App
- Inline model switching
- Claude Desktop… submitted by /u/KobyStam
Originally posted by u/KobyStam on r/ArtificialInteligence