diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-model.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-model.tsx
index 71a7d22b8f2..e92d6adeb89 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-model.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-model.tsx
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
     const favorites = connected() ? local.model.favorite() : []
     const recents = local.model.recent()
 
+    const limit = sync.data.config.tui?.recent_models_count ?? 10
     const recentList = showSections
-      ? recents.filter(
-          (item) => !favorites.some((fav) => fav.providerID === item.providerID && fav.modelID === item.modelID),
-        )
+      ? recents
+          .filter(
+            (item) => !favorites.some((fav) => fav.providerID === item.providerID && fav.modelID === item.modelID),
+          )
+          .slice(0, limit)
       : []
 
     const favoriteOptions = showSections
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx
index 63f1d9743bf..2f1604f1b12 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ export const { use: useLocal, provider: LocalProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           if (!next) return
           setModelStore("model", agent.current().name, { ...next })
           const uniq = uniqueBy([next, ...modelStore.recent], (x) => `${x.providerID}/${x.modelID}`)
-          if (uniq.length > 10) uniq.pop()
+          const limit = sync.data.config.tui?.recent_models_count ?? 10
+          if (uniq.length > limit) uniq.pop()
           setModelStore(
             "recent",
             uniq.map((x) => ({ providerID: x.providerID, modelID: x.modelID })),
@@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ export const { use: useLocal, provider: LocalProvider } = createSimpleContext({
             setModelStore("model", agent.current().name, model)
             if (options?.recent) {
               const uniq = uniqueBy([model, ...modelStore.recent], (x) => `${x.providerID}/${x.modelID}`)
-              if (uniq.length > 10) uniq.pop()
+              const limit = sync.data.config.tui?.recent_models_count ?? 10
+              if (uniq.length > limit) uniq.pop()
               setModelStore(
                 "recent",
                 uniq.map((x) => ({ providerID: x.providerID, modelID: x.modelID })),
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
index ead3a0149b4..786482dc2d3 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
@@ -770,7 +770,16 @@ export namespace Config {
       .enum(["auto", "stacked"])
       .optional()
       .describe("Control diff rendering style: 'auto' adapts to terminal width, 'stacked' always shows single column"),
+    recent_models_count: z
+      .number()
+      .int()
+      .min(1)
+      .max(50)
+      .optional()
+      .default(10)
+      .describe("Number of recent models to store and display in model selection"),
   })
+  export type TUI = z.infer<typeof TUI>
 
   export const Server = z
     .object({
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
index e423fecea42..6eff7a8485a 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -1563,6 +1563,10 @@ export type Config = {
      * Control diff rendering style: 'auto' adapts to terminal width, 'stacked' always shows single column
      */
     diff_style?: "auto" | "stacked"
+    /**
+     * Number of recent models to store and display in model selection
+     */
+    recent_models_count?: number
   }
   server?: ServerConfig
   /**