# omp (oh-my-pi)

80 Hacker News commenters recommended omp (oh-my-pi) and 21 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free terminal coding agent that lets you switch models freely and has good defaults. Critics call it bloated and say subagents burn usage quickly.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy switching between models (5 comments): "With local llms they seem to work well with maximalist harnesses like omp, Hermes etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49525186)) "GLM5.3 Flash + OMP and DeepSeek Flash as advisor to be able to get jobs done just fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50014214)) "I just loved embracing the terminal and being able to switch between providers freely." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303613))
- Batteries included, good defaults (4 comments): "OMP is great to get started with, there's a whole bunch of stuff in there but it's mostly optional" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49179163)) "I like OMP because I don't have to spend time figuring out the next best thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183629)) "For them/me, omp ( https://omp.sh/ ) is excellent and batteries-included." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326742))
- Useful subagents and task delegation (4 comments): "Both of these seem to do a pretty good job of choosing an appropriate model for subagent tasks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49582192)) "Use omp.sh with Task Delegation -> Always to strongly encourage Sol to drive Lunas." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539657)) "Spawning subagents via orchestrate and using /advisor are both super valuable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49218116))
- Lower cost, efficient context use (3 comments): "I can get way better outcomes, and an order of magnitude less cost with my slapped together sandboxed omp setup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303108)) "omp offers some nice tools, like /shake, to manage context efficiently and offset some of that consumption." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49929348)) "with omp you can plan with a smart model and then implement with a dumber one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239488))

## What people warn about

- Bloated, vague, looks vibe-coded (4 comments): "omp.sh is unreadable. I've tried understanding what exactly this is and it's just a wall of edgy sounding slop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853411)) "OMP is too convoluted with features that also resemble an old linux distro" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326730)) "if the website is any indication, omp is just vibe coded AI slop as well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48891179))
- Too many features, not needed (4 comments): "if you want strong defaults and batteries included (like omp promises) then that's just annoying" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49786664)) "OMP is too convoluted with features that also resemble an old linux distro" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326730)) "I personally found the output to be much better without all that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851938))
- Subagents burn usage quickly (2 comments): "it loves to use subagents, and it's basically unusable subagents with GPT 5.6 Sol there with Plus limits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48888414)) "I tried using orchestrate and it drained my wallet… I didn't know about /tan though, that is sick" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49929328))
- Worse than running terminal directly (2 comments): "Using OMP through ACP inside Zed is drastically worse experience than just running OMP inside Zed terminal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195015)) "it gave me many issues that it was easier just to use the terminal directly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189467))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Pi coding agent](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pi.md): 892 recommend
- [ForgeCode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/forge.md): 39 recommend
- [Reasonix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reasonix.md): 26 recommend
- [DSH](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dsh.md): 11 recommend
- [smol](https://hackerapproved.com/p/smol.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "omp (oh-my-pi)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/omp/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).