codex
by openai
Codex CLI is a lightweight coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer, allowing you to generate and modify code directly from the terminal.
Ready to useEstablished, openly licensed, and no red flags in its documentation.
- Stars
- 131k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 561 days
What you can do with it
- Generate code snippets
- Modify existing code
- Get coding assistance
Ways a business could use it
- Increase coding efficiency for developers
- Reduce time spent on coding tasks
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install via shell commands or package managers like npm or Homebrew.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Who's talking about it
- Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default Hacker News, 610 points
- Codex Desktop continuously generates Crashpad pending dumps Hacker News, 176 points
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
