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GLM-5.3 launched on August 14, 2026 with open weights promised in about two weeks - so the access picture is narrower than GLM-5.2's, but the free and cheap routes are already live. Here is every way to run Z.ai's newest coding model today: OpenCode Go referral credits, the GLM Coding Plan (5.3 included at no extra cost), and what to expect once the weights and third-party hosts land.

ZCode is Z.ai's free desktop agentic development environment built around GLM-5.2. Here is the developer setup, pricing breakdown, and how it compares to Claude Code and Cursor.

GLM-5.2 ships under an MIT license, so it is hosted everywhere - and a few places run it for free or nearly free right now. Here is every way to access Z.ai's open-weights coding model, from OpenCode Go referral credits and Devin to the cheapest per-token routes on OpenRouter, Fireworks, and DeepInfra, plus local Ollama.