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title: OpenCode Desktop Alternative With Native Mobile and Multi-Provider Orchestration
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description: Paseo is an OpenCode Desktop alternative for developers who want native mobile apps, a self-hosted daemon, and OpenCode alongside Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and more.
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nav: OpenCode Desktop
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order: 107
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---
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# Paseo vs OpenCode Desktop
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OpenCode Desktop is the desktop app for OpenCode. It is available in beta for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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Paseo is an app for orchestrating coding agents, with native clients on desktop, mobile, web, and the CLI. Open source (AGPL-3.0).
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## When to pick what
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Pick OpenCode Desktop if you want the OpenCode app, the OpenCode terminal workflow, and OpenCode's multi-model provider system.
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Pick Paseo if you want:
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- A native iOS and Android app
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- OpenCode beside Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Pi, and 30+ more agents
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- First-party harnesses for Claude Code and Codex instead of one agent runtime for everything
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- A self-hosted daemon you can run on a laptop, VM, or dev server
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- GitHub PRs, checks, reviews, and merges in the app
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- A CLI and MCP server for scripting and multi-agent workflows
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## Architecture
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Paseo runs a daemon on your machine. Desktop, web, mobile, and CLI clients connect to it over a websocket. The daemon launches OpenCode and other providers as local processes, using your installed CLIs and credentials.
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OpenCode Desktop is the desktop app for OpenCode. OpenCode is available as a terminal interface, desktop app, IDE extension, web surface, and integrations.
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## Providers
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OpenCode is a multi-model coding agent. It can connect to many LLM providers through its own provider system, including OpenCode Zen, local models, and API providers.
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Paseo is multi-provider at the agent harness layer. It runs OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, and Pi natively, plus 30+ more agents through the in-app catalog including GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Amp. Paseo speaks the [Agent Client Protocol](https://agentclientprotocol.com), so any ACP agent works. Custom providers run any CLI agent. See [Supported providers](/docs/supported-providers).
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## Desktop platforms
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Both tools ship on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
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## Mobile
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Paseo ships native iOS and Android apps with the same agent workflow as the desktop app.
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OpenCode Desktop is a desktop app. OpenCode also has web and share-link workflows, but not a native mobile app.
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## Panes
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Paseo's app has split panes and tabs (⌘D for vertical, ⌘⇧D for horizontal). Panes include agents, terminals, a diff viewer, and a browser for testing running services.
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OpenCode is available in terminal, IDE, and desktop surfaces. Its core workflow centers on OpenCode sessions.
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## GitHub
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Paseo's app handles commit, push, opening PRs, watching checks and reviews, and merging.
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OpenCode has GitHub and GitLab integrations, and OpenCode sessions can make and review code changes through its agent workflow.
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## CLI and automation
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OpenCode has its own terminal interface, CLI, IDE extension, GitHub and GitLab integrations, and share links.
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Paseo's CLI controls the same daemon as the app:
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```bash
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paseo run --provider opencode "implement OAuth"
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paseo run --provider claude --worktree refactor-auth "refactor auth"
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paseo run --host devbox:6767 "run the test suite"
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paseo ls
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paseo send <agent-id> "add tests"
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paseo schedule create --cron "0 9 * * 1" "audit the codebase"
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```
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`paseo run --host` connects to a remote daemon. `paseo schedule` runs an agent on a cron. `paseo loop` retries an agent until a verification command passes. The MCP server lets other agents create worktrees, launch agents, open terminals, and send prompts.
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## Worktrees and services
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Paseo runs each agent in its own Git worktree. Each worktree gets its own dev server URL like `web.fix-auth.my-app.localhost`, so parallel agents don't fight for ports.
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OpenCode supports multi-session work on the same project. If you want worktree isolation around OpenCode sessions, Paseo can provide that by launching OpenCode inside Paseo workspaces.
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## Privacy and source
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Both tools are open source.
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Paseo is AGPL-3.0 and runs your agents through a daemon you control. OpenCode is open source and says it does not store your code or context data by default. OpenCode share links are public when you create them.
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## Voice
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Paseo supports dictation and realtime voice mode. Speech-to-text and text-to-speech can run locally on your device.
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## Comparison
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| | Paseo | OpenCode Desktop |
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| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
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| License | Open source (AGPL-3.0) | Open source |
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| Desktop platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows | macOS, Linux, Windows |
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| Native mobile | iOS, Android | No |
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| Agent harnesses | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi + 30+ via ACP catalog + custom | OpenCode |
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| Multi-model support | Through supported agent harnesses | Through OpenCode providers |
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| Git worktrees | Yes | No built-in worktree manager |
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| Per-worktree dev server URLs | Yes | No |
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| Split panes and tabs | Yes | Desktop sessions |
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| In-app terminal | Yes | OpenCode terminal workflow |
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| In-app browser | Yes | No |
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| GitHub workflow in app | Commit, push, PR, checks, reviews, merge | GitHub integration |
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| CLI | Run, `--host`, ls, send, schedule, loop | OpenCode CLI |
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| MCP server for orchestration | Yes | MCP support inside OpenCode |
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| Local voice | Yes | No |
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| Self-hosted daemon | Yes | OpenCode server / local runtime |
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See also: [Paseo vs Codex App](/docs/alternatives/codex-app), [Paseo vs Claude Desktop](/docs/alternatives/claude-desktop), [Paseo vs OpenChamber](/docs/alternatives/openchamber).
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