Is it possible to have multiple running instances at the same time?

[AndrijaSkontra]

Sometimes I want one opencode/agent instance to do one thing and then another one doing the other thing, is the only way to do this to open a new neovim instance and then a new opencode instance?

[nickjvandyke]

Currently yes. It'd be possible to allow selecting from available instances. But imo the most common (and effective) use-case is one instance that "supports" your manual coding. If another instance is running, I'd guess it's doing more agentic things and doesn't need editor context.

This may become more viable in the future, as the provider implementations grow more capable.

[dms449]

Another reason why this is useful

I normally have 2 or 3 git worktrees that I'm working on at once and, to avoid context muddling, I would like each opencode + opencode.nvim to be paired up appropriately.

[nickjvandyke]

Try "Select server" in the plugin's select menu, it lets you manually connect to any available server 🙂