Big Pickle
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 44 of 72 language models by recommenders
Free AI model in OpenCode, praised for generous limits, surprisingly good results and fast interactive help.
Free AI model in OpenCode, praised for generous limits, surprisingly good results and fast interactive help.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free to use with generous limits
“the free tier is generous enough that I don't think I've hit the limit more than twice over around a month”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Running local models is good now” “A free public anonymous LLM like BigPickle can easily set up the software for you if in doubt.”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “Three of our worst VC stories” “something like BigPickle which is free to use without limits”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Opus 4.7 to 4.6 Inflation is ~45%” - Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Comparing GPT-5.4, Opus 4.6, GLM-5.1, Kimi K2.5, MiMo V2 Pro and MiniMax M2.7”
Surprisingly good results for free
“pretty impressive what it can achieve for being free”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Comparing GPT-5.4, Opus 4.6, GLM-5.1, Kimi K2.5, MiMo V2 Pro and MiniMax M2.7” “it worked surprisingly well”
Comment from 28 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Bcad – An OpenSCAD-syntax CAD powered by OpenCASCADE”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Failed to find the real cause
“it tried a lot, but never found the real cause”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: Is anyone experimenting with different ways of using LLMs for coding?”
Other language models people recommend
The four most recommended other language models, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus | 3,331 | 2,746 | 55% | 13 | 4 mo156 owners | — |
| OpenAI GPT | 1,205 | 987 | 55% | 13 | 6 mo47 owners | — |
| Claude Sonnet | 854 | 586 | 59% | 13 | 6 mo46 owners | — |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 828 | 223 | 79% | 8 | 1 mo24 owners | Approved |
| Big PickleThis page | 11 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It’s been incredibly fast and good.”
“it tried a lot, but never found the real cause”
“Big Pickle is really good, but I run out of my free OpenCode Zen quota pretty quickly.”
“it worked surprisingly well”
“the free tier is generous enough that I don't think I've hit the limit more than twice over around a month”
“A free public anonymous LLM like BigPickle can easily set up the software for you if in doubt.”
“something like BigPickle which is free to use without limits”
“pretty impressive what it can achieve for being free”
“It works very well with interactive sessions with small tasks.”
“the default model I'm getting is `big-pickle`”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.