codex license, foundation and stars
Agents and coding agents · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by OpenAI · 126,392 stars
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
License history
LICENSE fileApache 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
- From the second weekly snapshot
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 126,392 |
Changes
| What changed | |
|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | TrackedAdded: openai/codex |