OpenAI Codex

OpenAI's coding agent: an open source CLI, IDE extension and desktop app, and a cloud agent that works on tasks in parallel and opens pull requests. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.

Category
coding agent
Developer
OpenAI
Created by
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First release
2025
License
Apache-2.0
Open source
Yes
Pricing
Paid
Website
https://openai.com/codex
Works in
Terminal, IDE extension, Desktop app, Web and cloud, Slack, GitHub and chats
Models
The vendor's own
Local models
Yes
Autonomy
Works alone and opens pull requests
Runs on
Your machine or the cloud
MCP support
Yes
Subagents
Yes
Headless mode
Yes
Billing
Subscription
Platforms
macOS, Linux, Windows

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