opencode is well worth having. It has a better priced Zen gateway that is limited to top models, but priced as you go, and can point to same folder/container as your other tools. Access to openrouter is useful, if only that some models are free. Antigravity is good to have for generous use of gemini. If VsCodium can't access open models, then other tools can work on same project, and you just reload files they change.

Many open models at 1/10th the cost or lower, are far better than 1/10th of opus 4.6. The popularity reflects much better value. They are especially better if not doing python/js, but functional programming, even if all models are generally bad so far. agents/skills (opencode/antigravity) for models that are strong at instruction following and polyglot software (minimax pretty impressive) actually scored better than raw opus 4.6 on my benchmark, and investing in skills/agents means promise for improving whatever model is released next week.

GLM-5 and Kimi-K2.5 is really good.

ArtificialAnalysis Intellegence vs Cost

US corruption means going big on Skynet to buy datacenter time, while somehow giving Nvidia oligarchy the profits of diverting H200 supply to China, so that Skynet becomes more essential as China AI is able to be served/compete better, and Skynet is more expensive to build in US. Chinese governments may be supporting the market share gains, but models are focused on being useful/value today instead of expensive Skynet tomorrow. AI that focuses on more manufacturing is going to make a society stronger than ones that make insurance/banking/other services fire more people. The datacenter overinvestment in US can both destroy AI company valuations, while still creating mass unemployment elsewhere, and too big to fail unsustainable deficit financing of Skynet as a policy response.

and the just the top 3 open ones are 50% in programming subsection, which I still think is most relevant to "performance/value". More than these models growth, I was impressed by downtrend in big US provider models.

OpenRouter is basically the place for third-party AI stuff: tools, research, benchmarks...

Sure, it won't tell you what regular users are doing, but it shows where professionals actually spend money. And since it's pricey (seriously, once you're used to free ChatGPT or Gemini, paying hurts :D), it reveals which models are actually worth it.

I think it's the largest aggregator/portal of models. 10T tokens in week of feb 2. there's a list of Openclaw, claudcode, kilocode are among the apps that opt in for tracking (listed at bottom of page). https://openrouter.ai/apps?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkilocode.ai%2F Since Jan 29th, top 2-3 models have been Chinese every day. minimax, glm k2. ponyalpha is glm5 preview.

opencode and antigravity and most other coding apps have an openrouter "gateway" connection. You can also connect by web chat. Some models get promotional/free periods or tokens for partners which can boost stats significantly, but that includes fast/flash versions of US models.

It's the only dashboard for AI. And exceptionally exhaustive/interactive. Even if open source share rise is result of promotions, its significant that token counts for US models is trending down. Models are no longer sticky, even if for non programming applications, mindshare publicity can get the casuals.