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tui failed to send message: RipgrepExtractionFailedError
Hi there! I experienced an issue setting up opencode on macos with
github-copilot today.
Context
I installed opencode on macos using homebrew:
brew install sst/tap/opencode
And am running opencode version:
opencode --version
0.4.1
Following install, I authorised with github with the below:
opencode auth login
The Issue
I ran /init within one of my repositories. No actions are returned, and an
error message is sometimes shown (but not always). The command /init command
gerates the prompt, but there is no reply from the agent.
Looking into the logs, I see the below:
INFO 2025-08-08T11:02:33 +0ms service=bus type=session.idle publishing
INFO 2025-08-08T11:02:33 +1ms service=server duration=634 response
ERROR 2025-08-08T11:02:33 +2ms service=tui failed to send message: POST "http://127.0.0.1:51603/session/ses_776a73a8cffemjSMzb4beF6UGj/message": 400 Bad Request {"name":"RipgrepExtractionFailedError","data":{"filepath":"/Users/wickertongue/.local/share/opencode/bin/rg","stderr":"tar: unrecognized option '--include=*/rg'\nTry 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.\n"}}
INFO 2025-08-08T11:02:36 +3167ms service=tui offset=0 x=102 y=4 mouse
INFO 2025-08-08T11:02:36 +1ms service=tui end=-1,-1 start=102,4 mouse selection
The Manual Solution
EDIT: replaced repgrip with ripgrep in the below. I muddled my i's and e's.
Currently, this error can be solved by installing ripgrep:
brew install ripgrep
Running opencode following the install of ripgrep allows the /init function
to run.
Closing Thoughts
It looks like opencode has a dependency on ripgrep and assumes the user has
it installed already. Happy to provide any further help if necessary 😄
I just hit this on a fresh laptop on the latest opencode from brew. brew installing ripgrep fixed it
