Class 6 · 6.3

OpenCode: GLM 4.7 jaise free models chalayein

Claude Code ka aik open-source alternative — bilkul free, near-frontier models aazmane aur kisi bhi provider ko connect karne ka sab se asan tareeqa.

🎯 Goal: free-model code review chalana⏱ Read: 8 min🧭 Type: tools

01OpenCode kya hai — aur isay install kaise karein

Aur ab kuch bilkul mukhtalif: OpenCode (opencode.ai). Yeh Claude Code ka aik mashhoor open-source competitor hai, aur genuinely free models use karne ka sab se asan tareeqa hai — jismein box se hi free models shamil hain, sath hi kisi bhi provider (Claude, GPT, Gemini waghera) se koi bhi model connect karne ki salahiyat mojood hai.

Installation ka tareeqa familiar hai. Aap apne OS ke liye one-line installer use kar sakte hain, ya — chunke hamare paas pehle se Node mojood hai — isay npm se install karein. Windows par choco asan rasta hai; warna npm har jagah kaam karta hai.

VS Code · terminal

# install (npm route — Node pehle se installed hai):
npm install -g opencode-ai
# phir, apne project ke andar:
cd your-project
opencode

PM project ko dobara kholein, aik fresh terminal kholein taake naya PATH pick ho sake, aur launch karne ke liye opencode chalayein.

02Models aur modes

Pehli cheez jo aap notice karenge: OpenCode un environments ko detect kar leta hai jahan aap pehle se signed in hain. Yahan isne mojooda OpenAI subscription ko spot kiya aur GPT-5.2 selected ke sath open hua. Kuch key controls:

Tab

Plan ↔ Build

Do agent modes ke darmiyan switch karein — pehle sochein, ya act karein.

Ctrl + T

Reasoning level

low → medium → high → extra-high cycle karein. GPT-5.2 us "high" se bhi zyada thoughtful ho sakta hai jo humne Copilot mein cap kiya tha.

/models

Switch model

Claude Code ki tarah, slash se commands khulti hain. /models se aap model tabdeel kar sakte hain.

Model list scroll karein aur aapko free open-source all-stars milenge:

Model	From	Reputation
GLM 4.7	Z.ai (Zhipu, China)	Intehai powerful; iske gird kafi excitement hai.
Kimi K2 / K2.5	Moonshot AI	Mumkinah taur par is waqt ka sab se mazboot open-source model.
MiniMax	MiniMax	Aik aur genuinely strong open-source option.

03GLM 4.7 ke sath free code review

Aayein GLM 4.7 chunte hain aur free model ka pehla zaiqa chakhte hain. Isay plan mode (Tab) mein dalein, pehle se mojood review delete kar dein taake usay koi hints na milein, phir poochein:

Please review the entire project, carry out a code review, and write your feedback to code-review.md in the docs directory.

Yeh shuru ho jata hai — iska apna distinct look hai, lekin Claude Code ke sath kafi cheezein common hain: aik thinking indicator, scanning files, sab kuch GLM 4.7 par muft chal raha hai. Chunke yeh plan mode mein hai is liye baghair act kiye sochta hai, to asal mein file likhne ke liye build mode par switch karein:

Please go ahead and write the code review to docs/code-review.md, but don't start any further work yet.

Context ~34% se barh kar ~37% ho jata hai, aur review aa jata hai: aik executive summary ("overall assessment: good"), strengths (modular architecture), aur real findings — hard-coded auth credentials, TypeScript strictness, kuch code duplication, error handling. Aik lamba, genuinely impressive document.

Impressive — lekin frontier nahi

GLM 4.7 jaise well-regarded model ke bawajood yeh top frontier se kafi door hai. Review padhne mein behtareen lagta hai, lekin aam taur par aapko wohi independence aur reliability nahi milegi — yeh mushkil hai ke yeh Claude Opus 4.5 ki tarah safai se saari changes implement aur refactor kar pata.

"Free" ki ghair-wazeh limits hain

OpenCode free allowance ke bare mein poori tarah wazeh nahi hai — is waqt koi visible quota nahi hai. Agar aap isay bohot zyada use karenge to speed slow ho sakti hai, rate-limit ho sakte hain, ya error aa sakta hai. Yeh tabdeel ho sakta hai; ho sakta hai woh hamesha yeh free models offer na karein.

04Doosre providers connect karna

/models dikhata hai ke aap kahan tak reach kar sakte hain; /connect naya provider add karta hai. By default aap OpenCode Zen par hote hain — unke curated free models ka set — plus jo kuch isne auto-detect kiya (is case mein OpenAI).

OpenCode Zen (free)OpenAI Anthropic (Max ya API key)GitHub Copilot GoogleAzureBedrock LM StudioOpenRouterOllama (local)

Aap isay apni key ke sath OpenRouter par point kar sakte hain (free ya cheap models chalane ka behtareen tareeqa), ya locally via Ollama chalne wale models par — lekin local ke liye aik heavy machine ki zaroorat hai: kam az kam 64 GB GPU RAM (ya Mac par 64 GB unified memory), kyunke gpt-oss-20B kafi nahi hai aur aapko gpt-oss-120B chahiye hoga. Bohot kam log isay chala sakte hain.

Practical sifarish

Free models ke liye, OpenCode Zen ke zariye offer hone wale models use karein, ya apni key ke sath OpenRouter connect karein. Taqreeban har woh cheez jo aap Claude Code mein karte hain, aap OpenCode mein bhi kar sakte hain — session ke dauran mukhtalif models ke darmiyan switch karne (aur multiple models chalane) ki zyada flexibility ke sath.

Kafi log OpenCode ko pasand karte hain. Instructor ka favourite ab bhi Claude Code hai — poora platform is baat ke gird design kiya gaya hai jismein Claude ke models mahir hain — lekin agar aap chahein to poora course OpenCode mein bhi follow kar sakte hain.

✓ Aham nukat

OpenCode Claude Code ka aik open-source alternative hai — genuinely free models chalane, ya kisi bhi provider ko connect karne ka sab se asan tareeqa.
npm (ya OS installer) ke zariye install karein, phir apne project mein opencode chalayein; Tab = plan/build, Ctrl+T = reasoning level.
Free all-stars: GLM 4.7, Kimi K2.5, MiniMax — impressive hain, lekin frontier-level reliable nahi.
Plan mode act karne se pehle sochta hai; files asal mein likhne ke liye build mode par switch karein.
Doosre providers ke liye /connect use karein; sab se behtareen free rastay OpenCode Zen ya OpenRouter hain — local Ollama ke liye intehai heavy machine darkar hoti hai.