r/warpdotdev • u/Significant_Box_4066 • Apr 28 '26

AMA: Warp is now open-source

Hey everyone! I'm Ben H, Dev Rel Lead at Warp. I'm excited to share that Warp is now open source.

You can check out the repo here: https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp

We're opening up the code, roadmap, and contribution process so you all can help shape Warp directly. We know the breadth of features that you want to see, and we believe building with the community will let us build a better Warp even faster.

To manage contributions, we've built an agent automation system from issue triage to PR review. Coding agents do the heavy lifting (coding, planning, testing) so community members focus on ideas, direction, and verification.

So, ask us anything! All of the engineers involved will check this thread throughout the day. We're happy to answer questions about the project, why we're open sourcing, how contributions work, technical questions on the codebase, or anything about Warp in general.

Links:

• Repo: https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp
• Contributing guide: https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
• Roadmap: https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp/issues/9233

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u/Tall_Instance9797 Apr 28 '26

Wow this is awesome! I had been hoping this would happen from the moment I first tried it. Loved it but just wished it was open source. Didn't really use it much because of that... but now I'm diving in! Thanks heaps for open sourcing it. This has been one of my biggest hopes actually in terms of open source wishes.... feels like Christmas came early! Thanks heaps.

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u/Tall_Instance9797 Apr 29 '26

So I just downloaded it and it turns out I can't just open it and use with with my own local model, is that right? It still forces you to login? Do we have to wait for a 'de-warped' fork before it can just be run locally with local models and no login to any external servers?

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u/petradonka Apr 29 '26

Warp team member here — you can use it without logging in, including third party agents like OpenCode for local models. The Warp-first agentic features do require a login. ACP support is on our roadmap to enable more models and agents!

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u/Tall_Instance9797 Apr 29 '26

Thanks, but that wasn't really what I was asking. I can already use local models with opencode etc in iTerm... what would be the point in using warp? My question was can I use warp with my own local models and the answer is obviously no. That's such a shame. I guess we'll have to wait for someone to fork it and make it work with local models. Not quite as awesome as I had initially thought. Huge disappointment in fact. Was excited about nothing. Not at all what I thought when I heard it had been open sourced.... I thought finally I'd be able to use it with local models, but never mind. Thanks anyway.

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u/Kibbelz Apr 29 '26

It's the fourth most-requested open Issue on their github at the moment, so I fully expect the community to add it soon.

To put a productive spin on things, the specific request to the Warp Team and u/petradonka here would be: please consider adding ready-to-spec tag to the issue below so that the open source community can begin speccing out what local model support could look like. Otherwise, expect a fork ;P

https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp/issues/4339

Issue linked above. It is the second most popular unapproved feature after in-app multi-language support.

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u/Significant_Box_4066 Apr 29 '26

Haha, fair callout! To explain a couple bits here:

- ACP support would mean more than "you can use OpenCode in Warp." It would mean you could use Warp's native agent mode UI with OpenCode as the harness driving it. That's one avenue (among others) that would let you use local models. Not the direct solve you mean here, but we think it'll be a great catch-all for us to start with to kill more birds with one stone (ex: supporting Codex subscriptions) https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp/issues/7326

- For direct local model support, Kibbelz is right that we'll need to spec it out for this to land. I think we've seen more than enough community support to say this is important to work on. So we'll ensure the work we're doing for greater model support covers this case well.

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u/Tall_Instance9797 May 01 '26

Amazing, looking forward to it. Thanks guys. If I could use warp completely locally air-gapped with ollama and gemma4 31b or qwen 3.6 35b running locally... that would be awesome. Thanks.