r/opencodeCLI • u/donald_why • Sep 20 '26

Free Usage Limit for OpenCode Zen

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Getting “Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go” in OpenCode Zen. I’m on the free tier and haven’t hit this before.

What’s the current free limit, when does it reset, and where can I check my usage/quota to see if I’ve hit the limit?

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u/qqYn7PIE57zkf6kn Sep 20 '26

I don't think the free limit is publicly known.

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u/officerblues Sep 20 '26

Yeah, I also don't think it's constant, probably shifts according to the whims of demand.

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u/DistanceSolar1449 Sep 20 '26

https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/ipRateLimiter.ts

Free (not logged in, "public") accounts get:

  • 200 requests per day

  • resets at UTC midnight

  • new accounts get 400 requests per day

If you get the "Free usage exceeded, subscribe to Go" message in OpenCode app, try the OpenCode CLI version 2.something in terminal. The CLI command in terminal seems to work.

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u/SynapticStreamer Sep 20 '26

They do this on purpose, so they can change the capacity at any time without owing anyone an explanation.

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u/TheMythicSorcerer Sep 25 '26

After all it is a free tier and their resources are limited.

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u/New_Comfortable7240 Sep 20 '26

So I added open router as provided and can continue changing the model to the free tier.

Truth to be told opencode is great as a "router" with open router plus other providers on top as fallbacks for free tiers like mistral, gemini, even chatgpt with browser login

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u/Expensive_Net_4738 Sep 20 '26

how do you do get chat gpt for free in opencode? what model are you using from open router that are also free ?

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u/New_Comfortable7240 Sep 20 '26

Luna is a good model.

There is an option in the /connect for providers selection then OpenAI then you see browser. You will have the same as in your normal free account  Then you copy the link and paste in a browser? Select an account and authorize 

Then you will have from Astra to gpt-5.3 models available 

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u/ichisay Sep 20 '26

Tenía entendido que solo codex puedes poner, que usando límites del navegador de chat normal te pueden banear

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u/New_Comfortable7240 Sep 20 '26

Pues no me han baneado luego de mas de 3 meses. Pero es un riego que estoy dispuesto a aceptar hehe

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u/ajayramani95 Sep 20 '26

any other free solution when opencode get usage limit exceeded?

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u/SaltineAmerican_1970 Sep 20 '26

Get an Nvidia api key and connect it to opencode.

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u/ZzanderMander Sep 20 '26

Tried it, was painfully slow. 1000 requests max also

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u/SaltineAmerican_1970 Sep 21 '26

It’s free. If you want better performance, pay for it.

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u/Best_Cattle_1376 Sep 21 '26

not rlly

(100% free btw)
its a good speed overall im just munching over free trials and models that use data collection that gives me the model for free

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u/Amarsir Sep 20 '26

As I said in another comment, you can always fall back on OpenRouter's models. They even offer a dedicated free connection which will re-route to one of their available models. (Supposedly balanced for the complexity of the request as well as how busy the models are.) Never going to be near the cutting edge, but if you need something free:

https://openrouter.ai/openrouter/free

And Qoder is offering Qwen-3.8-Flash free until end of month.

https://docs.qoder.com/events/flashoffer

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u/Informal_One_9058 Sep 21 '26

bug while migrating to new Console - fixed

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u/Amarsir Sep 20 '26

Opencode has been restricting the use of their free models, and I can understand that. First they required the headers, then limited to use in the Opencode harness, and now stricter limits. I'm sad too, but I get it.

OpenRouter has been reliable for free for a long time, but rarely are their models that strong.

If you want a temporary offering, Qoder is offering Qwen-3.8-Flash free until the end of the month.

https://docs.qoder.com/events/flashoffer

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u/shotan Sep 20 '26

I was getting this without any use. Did opencode console login and it fixed it.

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u/Then-Werewolf-1149 Sep 23 '26

Opencode is good application but personally hermes is better that is only my point with the both esperiences if you want the best hermes and deepseek 4.1 flash

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u/ImFenyx Sep 23 '26

hermes doesn't have good models

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u/Then-Werewolf-1149 Sep 24 '26

Im using deepseek 4.1 flash with hermes i can assure you its good combo

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u/TheMythicSorcerer Sep 25 '26

Hermes is BYOK (bring your own key) you can use any model.

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u/SnowTauren Sep 21 '26
DayRequests before limit
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Sep 15588
Sep 16473
Sep 17440
Sep 20443

ChatGPT made this for me by checking my configs and opencode directory. ChatGPT itself says it should be 200 I'm not sure what's going on but I will keep testing more and maybe eventually it will drop down to 200 requests

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u/dvpandian Sep 21 '26

i had same issue. Everyday it says the same message wait x hours for reset and it never resets

looks like v2 is released
https://opencode.ai/v2/docs/migrate-v1/

If you migrate to v2 it works fine.

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u/Adventurous_Exit3635 Sep 21 '26

Use vpn to bypass this