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    Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

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    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    134.8K stars
    21.3K forks
    665 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 11, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #4 among CLI repositories ranked this week, and #8 over the last 30 days; #39 of 163 repositories with measured growth this week (top 24%).

    This week's +1,760 stars is ahead of its 30-day pace of about +1,386 per week.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 478 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #2 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 28, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • OpenAI Codex CLI is a lightweight Rust-based coding agent that runs locally in the terminal, enabling code generation, refactoring, and automation.
    • Key features include sandboxed execution, multiple autonomy levels, integration with ChatGPT and OpenAI API, and support for Open Source models and MCP tools.
    • Strengths are strong sandboxing for safety, flexible authentication, and extensive configuration; limitations include experimental status and platform-specific sandbox support.
    • High popularity with 36,767 stars and 4,226 forks indicates strong community adoption and active development since its 2025 launch.
    • Ideal for developers seeking AI-assisted coding in local or CI environments, especially those needing secure, customizable, and offline-capable coding automation.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

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    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    npm i -g @openai/codex or brew install codex

    Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer.If you are looking for the cloud-based agent from OpenAI, Codex Web, see chatgpt.com/codex.

    Excerpt from the openai/codex README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Aug 14: +228Aug 15: +145Aug 16: +56Aug 27: +454Aug 28: +361Aug 29: +231Aug 30: +269Aug 31: +367Sep 1: +256Sep 2: +283Sep 3: +271Sep 4: +285Sep 5: +210Sep 6: +219Sep 7: +279Sep 8: +300Sep 9: +292Sep 10: +274Sep 11: +303Sep 12: +211Sep 13: +197Sep 14: +302Sep 15: +274Sep 16: +347Sep 17: +223Sep 18: +183Sep 19: +169Sep 20: +205Sep 21: +230Sep 22: +97Oct 2: +41Oct 10: +55Oct 23: +162Oct 24: +189Nov 2: +245Nov 3: +146Nov 4: +126Nov 5: +174Nov 6: +171Nov 7: +144Nov 8: +85Nov 9: +246

    +29,040 stars over 90 days across 51 snapshot days; best day +454 on Aug 27.

    Forks

    21.3K+5.3K

    Open issues

    27.1K+14.6K

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