I don't get why I would use Claude Code when OpenCode, Cursor, Zed, etc. all exist, are "free" and work with virtually any llm. Seems like a weird use case unless I'm missing something.

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panagathon 43 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> I don't get why I would use Claude Code when OpenCode, Cursor, Zed, etc. all exist, are "free" and work with virtually any llm. Seems like a weird use case unless I'm missing something.

I'm with you on this. I've tried Gemma and Claude code and it's not good. Forgets it can use bash!

However, Gemma running locally with Pi as the harness is a beast.

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superb_dev 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From my experience, Claude Code is just better. Although I recently started using Zed and it’s pretty good

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blitzar 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

previously I have found claude code to be just better than the alternatives, using large models or local. It is, however, closer now and not much excuse for the competition after the claude code leak. Personally, I will be giving this a go with OpenCode.

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bdangubic 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

this is like asking why use intellij or vscode or … when there is vim and emacs

	▲	NamlchakKhandro 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No it's more like, why use a Microsoft paid for distro of nvim when lazyvim, astronvim exist