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Droid 1.0 alternatives, tested on day 7

The other AI coding tools Day 7 has checked, ranked by stamp: Delivered first, then Partly, Not yet and Too early. Within a stamp, more user reports rank higher.

Droid 1.0 itself is stamped Too early: read its receipt.

1. 01

   No. 003 · OpenAI · launched 25 Sept 2026 · stamped 30 Oct 2026

   Codex CLI 0.157.0

   Claims ✓0 ~1 ✗0 ?3 · 8 reports

   The release shipped with its background server, new models and fixes. Some Windows and Arch Linux users hit startup problems with the new server.

   Delivered
2. 02

   No. 006 · Anomaly (OpenCode) · launched 14 Oct 2026 · stamped 30 Oct 2026

   OpenCode 2.0

   Claims ✓2 ~1 ✗1 ?1 · 17 reports

   The background service and Code Mode shipped as promised, but "backwards compatible" is wrong: V1 plugins and the old server API break.

   Partly
3. 03

   No. 018 · Anthropic · launched 30 Oct 2026 · stamped 31 Oct 2026

   Claude Ultra (no 5-hour limit)

   Claims ✓2 ~0 ✗0 ?3 · 4 reports

   Day 1: one hands-on account confirms the five-hour bar is gone; users who say they have paid for months still have it. Rollout is staged.

   Too early
4. 04

   No. 015 · GitHub · launched 28 Oct 2026 · stamped 30 Oct 2026

   Copilot Fusion

   Claims ✓2 ~0 ✗1 ?0 · 4 reports

   Generally available and the benchmark checks out, but "all plans in all four clients" does not: top tiers are paid-only and two clients have gaps.

   Too early

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