

codex license, foundation and stars
Agents and coding agents · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by OpenAI · 133,680 stars
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Apache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2025.
Latest release
No GitHub releases published; the project releases elsewhere (tags or its own site).
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About and history
- Repository
- openai/codex · created Apr 13, 2025
- Language
- Rust
- Foundation
- None; run by OpenAI
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 1,215 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Bar | Stars |
|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | | 133,680 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | | 131,664 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | | 130,443 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | | 128,624 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | | 126,926 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | | 126,392 |
Changes
Stars per weekNov 8, 2026
Gains about 1,215 stars a week, up from 1,054.
Stars per weekOct 30, 2026
Gains about 1,054 stars a week, up from 1,013.
Stars per weekOct 20, 2026
Gains about 1,013 stars a week, down from 1,116.
Stars per weekOct 11, 2026
Gains about 1,116 stars a week, up from 534.
Stars per weekSep 28, 2026
Gains about 534 stars a week.
TrackedSep 25, 2026
Now tracked, from openai/codex on GitHub.