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How I Built An AI Powered Terminal That Costs Me Nothing (Using OpenCode + Free LLMs)
My journey from paying for AI-Power Terminals to building a completely free, powerful alternative using OpenCode, OpenRouter, and Groq
The Problem: Expensive AI-Powered Terminals
Like many developers, I was evaluating AI-powered terminal solutions like popular Warp and was shocked by the pricing.
I started wondering: Could I build something equally powerful without spending a cent?
The answer turned out to be a resounding yes. Not only did I save money, but I ended up with a more flexible and powerful setup than Warp’s premium tiers.
My Free Tech Stack Discovery
After researching open-source alternatives, I discovered this golden combination:
🚀 OpenCode — The Terminal-Based AI Assistant
OpenCode is a Go-based CLI application that brings AI assistance to your terminal with a TUI (Terminal User Interface) for interacting with various AI models to help with coding tasks, debugging, and more. What makes it special:
- Multi-provider support: Works with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, AWS Bedrock, Groq, Azure OpenAI, and OpenRouter
- Terminal-native: No…
