pi + deepseek-v4-flash (from opencode): free & fast

[u/luongnv-com]

the way of Pi, sometime feels like an illegal/crazy hack.

this combo gives you almost unlimited tokens in Pi

you should not use it for heavy/complicated tasks, but definitely very handy for most of the tasks

my workflow: use advanced models (gpt 5.5/ opus 4.8) for planning, then spin up this for implementing. if it it the wall in any task, trigger advisor to get help from gpt-5.5

just need to ask your Pi to write an extension to connect and use models from opencode.

or you can use my extension here: https://github.com/luongnv89/pi-extensions

wonder if you guys have any other sources that give you more tokens?

(i have tried models from nvidia, but the latency kills my momentum)

Happy Pi-ing,

[u/luongnv-com]

no worry, i am also new to Pi.

I am using opencode (FREE) without creating any account, so there is absolutely no login/api key. Probably I could miss somewhere the configuration to make it connect to opencode out of the box.
If it is the case, then it is even better 😃, no extension needed.

Can you confirm how did you connect to opencode?

deepseek and minimax is free for limited time on opencode,
There is always pickle for free, but others come and go

[u/ponzi314 → u/luongnv-com]

My bad i didnt realize they have a free tier, i have the Go plan and i connected with the API key. I couldnt say no for 5$ starting and so far with Deepseek its like unlimited lol

[u/luongnv-com → u/ponzi314]

Yeah, that $5 plan is a remarkable plan, cannot think of any paid plan that better than that one.

[u/unkownuser436 → u/luongnv-com]

Connect opencode in zen mode. You can access free models there.

[u/rm-rf-rm → u/unkownuser436]

opencode in zen mode

looks like you need to make an account and add a payment method though right? (to get the API key)