diff --git a/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/test-profile.ts b/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/test-profile.ts
index ed4a61eb524..5e3e2226366 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/test-profile.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/test-profile.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export namespace TestProfile {
           "cli/serve/*.test.ts",
           "kilocode/background-process.test.ts",
           "kilocode/cli/install-artifact.test.ts",
+          "kilocode/cli/tui/thread.test.ts",
           "kilocode/core-watcher.test.ts",
           "kilocode/interactive-terminal.test.ts",
           "tool/shell.test.ts",
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/tui/thread.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/tui/thread.test.ts
index 20e42894153..a17fd1725a1 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/tui/thread.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/tui/thread.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, mock, spyOn, test } from "bun:test"
 import fs from "fs/promises"
 import path from "path"
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url"
+import { spawn, type Exit } from "@opencode-ai/core/pty/driver"
+import { sanitizedProcessEnv } from "@opencode-ai/core/util/opencode-process"
 import { tmpdir } from "../../../fixture/fixture"
 import {
   embeddedRemoteExitClient,
@@ -41,6 +44,81 @@ describe("kilo tui thread", () => {
     expect(calls).toBe(1)
   })
 
+  test(
+    "starts the TUI from a directory without OpenTUI dependencies",
+    async () => {
+      await using root = await tmpdir()
+      const state = { text: "", exit: undefined as Exit | undefined }
+      const ready = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
+      const stopped = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
+      const proc = spawn(
+        process.execPath,
+        [
+          "--conditions=browser",
+          `--preload=${fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve("@opentui/solid/preload"))}`,
+          path.resolve(import.meta.dir, "../../../../src/index.ts"),
+        ],
+        {
+          name: "xterm-256color",
+          cols: 120,
+          rows: 40,
+          cwd: root.path,
+          env: sanitizedProcessEnv({
+            HOME: root.path,
+            XDG_CONFIG_HOME: path.join(root.path, ".config"),
+            XDG_DATA_HOME: path.join(root.path, ".local/share"),
+            XDG_STATE_HOME: path.join(root.path, ".local/state"),
+            XDG_CACHE_HOME: path.join(root.path, ".cache"),
+            KILO_TEST_HOME: root.path,
+            KILO_CONFIG_CONTENT: "{}",
+            KILO_AUTH_CONTENT: "{}",
+            KILO_DISABLE_PROJECT_CONFIG: "1",
+            KILO_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE: "1",
+            KILO_DISABLE_MODELS_FETCH: "1",
+            KILO_DISABLE_TERMINAL_TITLE: "0",
+            KILO_DEV_CWD: "",
+            KILO_PURE: "1",
+            KILO_NO_DAEMON: "1",
+            TERM: "xterm-256color",
+          }),
+        },
+      )
+      const data = proc.onData((chunk) => {
+        state.text = (state.text + chunk).slice(-20_000)
+        if (state.text.includes("TUI worker error")) {
+          ready.reject(new Error(`TUI worker failed during startup:\n${state.text}`))
+          return
+        }
+        // The title is emitted only after the worker-backed TUI reaches its rendered app.
+        if (state.text.includes("Kilo CLI")) ready.resolve()
+      })
+      const exit = proc.onExit((event) => {
+        state.exit = event
+        stopped.resolve()
+        ready.reject(
+          new Error(
+            `TUI exited before rendering (code ${event.exitCode}, signal ${event.signal ?? "none"}):\n${state.text}`,
+          ),
+        )
+      })
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        ready.reject(new Error(`Timed out waiting for the TUI to render:\n${state.text}`))
+      }, 30_000)
+
+      try {
+        await ready.promise
+        expect(state.text).toContain("Kilo CLI")
+      } finally {
+        clearTimeout(timer)
+        data.dispose()
+        if (!state.exit) proc.kill()
+        await stopped.promise
+        exit.dispose()
+      }
+    },
+    45_000,
+  )
+
   test("ignores stale PWD after cwd is changed by a process wrapper", async () => {
     await using root = await tmpdir()
     const pkg = path.join(root.path, "packages", "opencode")
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/test-profile.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/test-profile.test.ts
index 7e37cc27d11..a9abc16759e 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/test-profile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/test-profile.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe("test profiles", () => {
     expect(result.files.length).toBeGreaterThan(20)
     expect(result.files).toContain("pty/pty-shell.test.ts")
     expect(result.files).toContain("kilocode/cli/install-artifact.test.ts")
+    expect(result.files).toContain("kilocode/cli/tui/thread.test.ts")
     expect(result.files).toContain("kilocode/sandbox/macos-confinement.test.ts")
     expect(result.files).toContain("kilocode/core-watcher.test.ts")
     expect(result.files).toContain("kilocode/background-process.test.ts")