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Big Pickle
by OpenCode Zen
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RANKED #151 OF 318 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #198 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 4.6 · 177 VOICES ·
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Reasoning model for deliberate analysis, multi-step problem solving, and tool use
HAPPY6.0
9 mentions
SAD9.0
13 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 220 voices in this window
HONEYMOON FADING
Early praise is cooling off in recent weeks.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Big Pickle is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.2
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeekPick it for high speed coding and general tasks with open weights.💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY⚡ FAST15.8k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.8DeepSeek ReasonerDeepSeekPick it for complex math and logic heavy programming tasks.💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💸 COST EFFICIENT4.2k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Big Pickle right now. Biggest gripe: price.
164 POSTS · 13 COMMENTS · GITHUB · HACKER NEWS · X · REDDIT · BLUESKY · LEMMY
PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (2 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- People find it expensive (3 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (3 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (2 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Help with codeMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- PriceA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“I actually love opencode and big pickle.”
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- REDDIT · 2026-07-09 · 0 UPVOTESAccidentally used "Big Pickle" in open code. Proprietary code got sent too it.
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