LOADING DATASHEET
GROUNDED IN REAL HUMAN CONVERSATIONSYOUR BENCH
GPT 6 Astra
▲ HOT★ NEW
by OpenAI
CLOSEDHOSTEDAGENTSCODING HELPWRITING HELPIMAGE TASKS
RANKED #101 OF 267 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #166 OF 6,566 · VIBE SCORE 6.0 · 3,068 VOICES
A versatile AI model built to assist with coding, creative image tasks, and complex reasoning.
HAPPY7.9
320 mentions
SAD7.1
239 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 20,595 voices
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. OpenAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
GPT 6 Astra is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.5
GLM 5.3ZhipuPick for top tier open coding and reasoning matching flagship closed performance.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE9.7k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.4
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeekPick for ultra cheap and fast daily workflows with strong reasoning and long context.💸 COST EFFICIENT⚡ FAST🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY6.1k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.6DiscoveryReaperdoesntknowPick for private local execution and dependable open coding assistance.💻 STRONG AT CODE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE9.2k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
GPT 6 Astra earns praise as a fast, capable tool for coding agents and image tasks like coloring manga. However, users report occasional hallucinations, high costs, and frustrating connection errors.
3004 POSTS · 64 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · DEV FORUMS · GITHUB · DEV.TO · BLOG · BLUESKY · LEMMY
PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (4 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (15 mentions)
- People find it expensive (12 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (8 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (7 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
3 thumbs up · 15 thumbs down
- PriceA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 12 thumbs down
- Help with codeA SORE SPOT
4 thumbs up · 8 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
3 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“So feel free to comment or to give feedback, or even subscribe to support the project :) And credits to GPT 6 Astra for this insane launch video”
- FROM GITHUB >
“feat(coding-agent): recommend GPT-6 Astra ahead of GPT-5.6 Sol.”
- FROM GITHUB >
“gpt-6-astra unusable on ChatGPT-subscription OAuth: catalog clientversion is behind and the Gateway never invokes the provider live catalog.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“GPT 6 was able to accurately color a manga panel without being told what color to color the characters..”
- FROM DEV.TO >
“GPT-6 Astra: Faster Tokens, Fewer Hallucinations, Cheap.”
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