Does anyone else find OpenCode’s UI frustrating?
I honestly don’t really get the whole idea behind the OpenCode UI.
For me, the best workflow is still VS Code + Codex. You have the terminal right there, Git/GitHub integration, the file tree, diffs, changed files, basically everything you need to understand what the agent is actually doing.
With OpenCode, I constantly feel like something is missing or hidden from me. Even basic desktop UX feels awkward on Windows - for example, moving the window around can be annoying because there’s barely any obvious area to grab with the mouse especially when tabs are taking up most of the top UI.
Maybe I’m just using it wrong, but compared to working with Codex inside VS Code, OpenCode feels unnecessarily limiting.
What do you guys think about OpenCode and its UI? Do you actually prefer it over a normal IDE + AI agent workflow?
Posted Sep 2, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC