Speaker A
Hi friends, today we are trying OpenChamber because my friends say that it is great. Let's see if they are right or they are full of... Okay, let's see the landing page, openchamber.dev, and identify development environment.
A developer tests OpenChamber, an open-source AI coding agent interface that works with existing models, covering installation on Linux Mint, OpenCode v2 setup, provider switching, and remote/phone ac
Key Takeaways
- OpenChamber is an open-source, model-agnostic interface for AI coding agents that supports cross-device session continuity.
- Linux installation, especially AppImage setup, can be a hurdle, but AI assistants can help by reading documentation.
- OpenChamber depends on OpenCode v2, so version conflicts with existing installations must be resolved.
- The tool's main advantages are orchestration, review tooling, scheduling, and remote access rather than the basic chat experience.
What the video covers
- The creator evaluates OpenChamber, an open-source tool that works with the user's existing AI models and lets sessions be picked up across machines.
- OpenChamber can run as a desktop app, a browser/PWA web interface, or a VS Code extension, with an instance on a controlled machine reachable from phone or browser.
- Installation on Linux Mint is struggled through, including AppImage execution permissions, and the creator relies on an AI assistant (DeepSeek) reading documentation to help.
- OpenChamber requires OpenCode v2 while the creator had v1.18, requiring switching the default version and copying binaries.
- After fixing an error, OpenChamber runs on port 3010 and shows prior session history, project selection, and OpenCode Zen as a provider, with the ability to switch to OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini.
- Features noted include usage statistics, build/plan modes, a dictation feature that did not work in the test, and scheduled runs with budget limits.
- The creator tests the built-in browser by asking it to compare Mario World and Amazon prices, which opened the Amazon page after asking permission.
- The creator concludes OpenChamber is promising for orchestration, review, and remote access, and avoids the tab clutter of managing multiple OpenCode sessions in Ghostty.
- The project is MIT licensed and includes a private relay with QR pairing and end-to-end encryption, which the creator did not test.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and landing page overview
- 00:32Architecture and remote session features
- 01:55Choosing an install path
- 02:45Installing the AppImage with AI assistance
- 04:24Upgrading to OpenCode v2 and fixing errors
- 05:44First run and provider setup
- 06:12Web interface features: usage, modes, dictation
- 06:44Testing the built-in browser and conclusions
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Speaker A
It's open source and works with the model you already use. Start an agent on one machine, then pick up the same session from another. Okay, that's an important difference compared to my current workflow with Open Co. and cloth. You will find a screenshot what
Speaker A
It's open source and works with the model you already use. Start an agent on one machine, then pick up the same session from another. Okay, that's an important difference compared to my current workflow with OpenCode and Claude.
Speaker A
phone thing is interesting because that way I can go on prompting as I am in the street with my dog while he's so let's see how it goes. I open Ghost T, which is my preferred terminal. If I
Speaker A
You will find a screenshot of what runs where. OpenChamber runs an instance on a machine you control. The desktop app runs one on your computer and connects to others on remote machines. Your phone and the browser reach any of them over the internet.
Speaker A
want to run OpenChamber through the web page. Use an editor extension if you want it inside your editor. So, you also have a Visual Studio Code extension. I'm trying the app image thing, but I'm not sure even I Linux Mint is a compatible
Speaker A
The phone thing is interesting because that way I can keep prompting while I'm out in the street with my dog, so let's see how it goes.
Speaker A
Actually, I'm a struggling to install this thing, so I'm asking her to help me which is running deep seat 4.1 flash.
Speaker A
I open Ghostty, which is my preferred terminal. If I click on download and have a look here... I'm searching Google because I'm not really a fan of this AppImage thing. Which install path should I choose? Use desktop if you want the full desktop app. Use browser plus PWA if you want to run OpenChamber through the web page. Use an editor extension if you want it inside your editor. So, you also have a Visual Studio Code extension.
Speaker A
It's incredible that the typical installing you you had with Linux now it's way softer because you can just use AI and it will help. For instance, it was being a pain using this app image format, but here we have the AI starting
Speaker A
I'm trying the AppImage thing, but I'm not sure if Linux Mint is compatible with this. I was not ready to install this because I think I need to set an execution permission here.
Speaker A
He's now installing Open Code version two. Hopefully, it will use the configuration I already had for the first one because I think that Open Chamber uses version two under the hood.
Speaker A
Actually, I'm struggling to install this thing, so I'm asking DeepSeek 4.1 Flash, which is running here, to help me.
Speaker A
Yeah, as default. Time to upgrade up to Open Code V2, too. Hunger is common.
Speaker A
Install OpenChamber. Does he want to install the web one or the desktop version? I want to install the AppImage. Well, both could be interesting. Yeah, both.
Speaker A
Open Chamber. Okay, I see here history from previous conversation that we had. I have here like shortcuts. I can choose project. Here we have like Okay, it's using Open Code send. I should be able to change the provider. For instance, to
Speaker A
It's incredible that installing on Linux, which used to be a typical pain, is now way softer, because you can just use AI and it will help. For instance, it was being a pain using this AppImage format, but here we have the AI, and I'm pretty sure that we will manage to do it. This is the crux of it. It's reading the documentation in order to make it work.
Speaker A
web interface. I think in level can be changed here. And here we can choose between build and plan. So they also have that. And here it seems like I have dictation. Does not seem to be working but perhaps because I'm using no machine
Speaker A
It's now installing OpenCode version 2. Hopefully it will use the configuration I already had for the first one, because I think OpenChamber uses version 2 under the hood.
Speaker A
This thing has a uh its its own web browser. For instance, if I ask it to compare Mario World and Amazon prices, what will this do? Asking me for permission. Ah, yes, here you see. It's It's actually It
Speaker A
That's right. OpenChamber requires OpenCode v2, but your OpenCode is v1.18. I need to set v2 as default. We choose "side by side." We choose "side."
Speaker A
expose and using it for another computer. Here you also have the browser. By the way, I think the this web instance already finished. I should be able to see it here, too. Yes. Yes, I have here that it discovered the prices
Speaker A
Yeah, as default. Time to upgrade up to OpenCode v2, too. Hunger is common.
Speaker A
What are the advantages of Open Chamber over Open Coze? Here that The one thing I realized that it can schedule things like runs.
Speaker A
Yeah, you're copying the old binary. And now we already have OpenChamber. We can start. Run it. Okay, error. I must have... can't open... that's embarrassing. That's... OpenChamber fails. It should work now. It should be working on port 3010.
Speaker A
Is this using now a this set model? Not sure what the hell is this set picker.
Speaker A
OpenChamber. Okay, I see here history from a previous conversation that we had. I have shortcuts here. I can choose a project. Here we have... okay, it's using OpenCode Zen. I should be able to change the provider, for instance to OpenAI or Claude or Gemini. We are testing. Hello world. Hello. Okay, and it's working.
Speaker A
interesting. And keep the agent going until done, blocked or over budget. This is super interesting because sometimes you start a task and it's going to be too hard, too expensive, and it's cool to have a limit there. Multi-run plus
Speaker A
I see that the usage thing seems to be working. I can go back to previous sessions. Okay, here we have stats about usage. So this is the web interface. I think the level can be changed here, and here we can choose between build and plan. So they also have that. And here it seems like I have dictation. It does not seem to be working, but perhaps that's because I'm using no machine to test this.
Speaker A
Changes workflow. Turns a large large diff [snorts] into an ordered AI guided tool tool or how the pieces fit together. A schedule work. Run prompts once, daily, weekly or on cron, optionally with the goal attached. A start from context. Open a GitHub issue,
Speaker A
Is it also connecting to my local LLM? Yeah, I think so.
Speaker A
And it's cross device and remote. You have for desktop, iOS, Android or see the same projects and sessions. The private relay thing with QR pairing end-to-end encrypted. I haven't I will test that. Not now, but seems interesting. And this is MIT licensed.
Speaker A
This thing has its own web browser. For instance, if I ask it to compare Mario World and Amazon prices, what will this do? It's asking me for permission. Ah, yes, here you see. It actually opened the Amazon web page. Huh. The page fits but is huge.
Speaker A
Open Chamber wins on orchestration, review and remote access. I think I will give a try to this because it avoids a lot of Diogenes Diogenes that I sometimes have with the tabs in Ghosty with different sessions of Open Goal. So
Speaker A
Okay, and this is the desktop version. Not sure how native this is, or is it just a web wrapper? Oh, looks cool. I think the web interface is interesting to expose and use from another computer. Here you also have the browser.
Topics:OpenChamberOpenCodeAI coding agentopen sourceLinux MintAppImageremote developmentLLMdeveloper toolsVS Code extension
