opencode doesn't read tui.json

Description

According to the documentation i've placed a custom tui.json under $HOME/.config/opencode.

tui.json looks like the following:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/tui.json",
  "keybinds": {
    "input_line_home": "ctrl+r",
    "input_newline": "shift+return,ctrl+return"
  }
}

But opencode never tries to read this file (see strace output below).

My opencode-version:

cd <project-root-folder>
strace -o /tmp/opencode-strace.txt opencode

all "open file" calls (via grep openat /tmp/opencode-strace.txt)

openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr", O_RDONLY) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY) = 3
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/online", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/cgroup", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1654579958.slice/session-3.scope/cpu.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1654579958.slice/cpu.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/cpu.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_marker", O_WRONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 7
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY) = 9
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/cgroup", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1654579958.slice/session-3.scope/memory.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1654579958.slice/session-3.scope/memory.high", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1654579958.slice/memory.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-1654579958.slice/memory.high", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/memory.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/memory.high", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.high", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/statm", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 10
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 11
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/online", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 12
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/src/index.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 13
openat(13, ".f9effff75bdb77bf-00000000.so", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_CLOEXEC, 0644) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/.f9effff75bdb77bf-00000000.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 15
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 16
openat(16, "package.json", O_RDONLY)    = 17
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 17
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 18
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 19

openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 21
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org/my-git-project", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 22
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/node_modules/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/node_modules/node-gyp", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/node_modules/node-gyp/bin", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/node_modules/esprima", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/version", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.local/share/opencode/auth.json", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org/my-git-projectr", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/package.json", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/locales/en_US.json", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org/my-git-project", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org/my-git-project", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org/my-git-project", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/pts/1", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 20
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-jfbp5vw0.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-3g8y5kyc.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-d7a7m5qh.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-yyketgcf.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-4r43j9j9.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-pm5a9fwv.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-frnks4ag.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-j6z3z1w4.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-pymyh31b.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-8354xddf.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-txda66e4.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-p4j1ve8s.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-wzwzbm9t.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-h6byr4qe.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-0y7gwm8m.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-b9cb6xp4.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-rs1nk43n.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-bkcwrwac.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-kf1spxhy.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-s5qkzgvk.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-2gxe6th8.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-w7ehg0hg.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-812qsrfz.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-4ea4cgrk.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-yaw6dxay.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-drmjbd7x.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/go/src/git.company.com/my-git-org/my-git-project", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = 36
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW|O_CLOEXEC, 0644) = 36
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db-wal", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW|O_CLOEXEC, 0644) = 37
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.local/share/opencode", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 39
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-3kjjg7ad.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-89wexvsw.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-bzaxp1bm.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-1sh3asex.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-5xybpzfg.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-t4chn0yw.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-dfv8tkr4.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-9hhz25wg.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-6y73f66b.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-p7fsrbnf.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-edw3jsf7.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/$bunfs/root/chunk-dta9m0ch.js", O_RDONLY|O_PATH) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(13, ".5effffd7fdd7ffeb-00000002.node", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_CLOEXEC, 0644) = 39
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/tmp/.5effffd7fdd7ffeb-00000002.node", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 39
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/comario/.claude/ide", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

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OpenCode version

opencode --version
1.14.39

Steps to reproduce

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Operating System

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release:        24.04
Codename:       noble

Terminal

I've tried different once, no impact.
Behavior is also the same when my shell is either zsh or bash

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

Keyboard keybinds configuration not working - input_newline: shift+enter ignored #11983: Keyboard keybinds configuration not working (similar issue with keybind config being ignored, though that one uses opencode.json rather than tui.json)

For keybind-related issues, please also check our pinned keybinds documentation: #4997

@bavarianbidi

@bavarianbidi, I spotted the same issue with tui.json file -- can't override a keybind with it (having only default keybinds as in opencode.ai/tui.json). Used both proposed ~/.config/opencode folder for placing the file AND setting direct path to it via OPENCODE_TUI_CONFIG env var. I also have custom opencode.json successfully overriding some of behavior (placed in ~/.config/opencode folder). Also have $OPENCODE_CONFIG pointing to it. Nevertheless I don't see any call to the config file from strace log (repeated your steps successfully). My env: WSL2.

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Release:        22.04
Codename:       jammy

So I guess it's not enough to simply strace the app to find configs applying.

@bavarianbidi

@bavarianbidi, please check out expanded command below. I managed to see calls to opencode.json and tui.json (even to my custom tui8.json at which I'm pointing via OPENCODE_TUI_CONFIG env var).

Start tracing with:

strace -f -s 4096 -o /tmp/opencode-strace.txt -e trace=%file -- opencode

Flags used above:

-f              follow child processes
-s 4096         print long path strings without truncation
-o file         write strace output to a file
-e trace=%file  trace file/path-related syscalls
--              end of strace options; command starts after this

Find tui*.json (like tui.json/tui.jsonc or tui8.json) with:

grep openat /tmp/opencode-strace.txt | grep -iP "tui.*\.json"

@mtremr

having the same issue. @mtremr 's command shows tui.jsonc is accessed, but the keybindings in the file are not applied

having the same issue. .config/opencode/tui.json are not applied.

Will close this for now as the follow child process and print long path strings without truncation confirms, that opencode is reading my tui.json file.

But the initial issue still persist: #11983

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