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 c30b8d12a933..fb7bfe9076ce 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-model.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-model.tsx
@@ -59,10 +59,14 @@ export function DialogModel(props: { providerID?: string }) {
     }
 
     const favoriteOptions = toOptions(favorites, "Favorites")
+
+    const limit = sync.data.config.tui?.recent_models_count ?? 10
     const recentOptions = toOptions(
-      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),
       "Recent",
     )
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx
index d93079f12a42..3cf451449c17 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/local.tsx
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ 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 })),
@@ -288,7 +289,8 @@ 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 aad0fd76c4be..5c1c5bda2a14 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
@@ -941,7 +941,16 @@ 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 4050ef15738c..85d0bbe7b96f 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -1699,6 +1699,10 @@ 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
   /**