IBM Bob vs. OpenCode

Feature	IBM Bob	OpenCode

Tagline	Your AI SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) partner from IBM	The open source AI coding agent built for the terminal
Website	https://bob.ibm.com	https://opencode.ai
Language	javascript	typescript
Release Date	September 2, 2025	May 14, 2025
Last Updated	May 20, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Bob IDE	VS Code, Cursor
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent; auto-compact
Terminal Bench 2.0		#66 · 51.7% ²
Supported Models	Multi-provider (IBM-managed)	OpenCode managed models, 400+ AI models from OpenRouter - OpenAI, Google, Moonshot AI, xAI, Minimax
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / $20-200/mo	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/IBM/ibm-bob	https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode
Development State	active	active