Both are open source harness options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence.
Self-hosted gateway putting an agent in Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, Discord and iMessage at once.
One Gateway process fans out to every channel plugin. Needs Node 22.22.3+ (26 recommended); the installer provisions it.
Open-source terminal coding agent, provider-agnostic.
| OpenClaw | OpenCode | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | open source |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | Any language | Any language |
| Install | curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash | npm install -g opencode-ai |
| Keys required | None | None |
Both are open source harness options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence. OpenClaw: Self-hosted gateway putting an agent in Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, Discord and iMessage at once. OpenCode: Open-source terminal coding agent, provider-agnostic.
OpenClaw can run on your own infrastructure. OpenCode can run on your own infrastructure.
OpenClaw is open source (open source). OpenCode is open source (open source).
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