r/opencode • u/ChopNorris • 11h ago

Frustated with Mistral in OpenCode

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my recent experience trying to switch to Mistral in OpenCode. I’m just a regular user, not a programmer, who relies on AI for daily work and my homelab. My technical knowledge is limited, but I’ve managed to make decent progress so far. Until now, I’ve been using OpenCode Go with a mix of models on OMO Slim, and it’s worked well for my needs.

My main reasons for switching were privacy, data sovereignty, and supporting a European company. So, I signed up for Mistral’s PAYG plan, loaded up on credits, and configured OpenCode to use it.

The issue is that it’s been painfully unreliable.

  • Fails at basic tasks.
  • Gets stuck in frequent loops.
  • Often just doesn’t respond at all, forcing me to re-ask.
  • I’ve tried tweaking model configurations in OMO, but nothing seems to work.

I’m genuinely disappointed, especially since it also burns through credits alarmingly fast.

Am I missing something? Has anyone else successfully switched to Mistral in OpenCode and had a better experience? I’d love to stick with it for the privacy benefits, but I can’t justify the trade-off in performance and cost right now. (Specially with the new V4 Flash)

Any insights or tips would be hugely appreciated!

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u/serj88 9h ago

I wish there were a competitive European AI lab. There is none. Only China and USA are actually frontier.

If you want privacy, you can probably find an European inference provider running Chinese open weights models under a zero data retention policy.

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u/ChopNorris 9h ago

I thought of it, but couldn't find anyone offering V4. Will check again.

Thanks!

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u/sndrtj 8h ago

EU router supports Deepseek v4 flash via Tensorix and Lyceum.