Agents · Coding

Codex CLI

OpenAI's official terminal coding agent — sandboxed, open source, subscription-friendly.

Stars★ 130k
Forks20404
LanguageRust
LicenseApache-2.0
Last push17/10/2026
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Features

  • Sandboxed execution with approval modes
  • Uses ChatGPT plan or API key
  • --oss mode runs open-weight models locally
  • Rust rewrite: fast and light
  • AGENTS.md project instructions standard

Install

Usage
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ChatGPT subscribersSandboxed untrusted tasksAGENTS.md teams
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