Tool
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's local terminal coding agent (Rust) that reads repos, proposes patches, and runs shell commands; pairs with Codex Web cloud agent and IDE extensions
Why notable
Apache-2.0 CLI with ChatGPT plan auth; strong Terminal-Bench showings; cloud+local split (CLI vs chatgpt.com/codex)
- Pricing
- Freemium / plan-tied
- Pricing detail
- Usable via ChatGPT Plus/Pro/Team plans; API/pay-per-token options
- Platforms
- CLI + IDE extensions + Codex Web
- Best for
- local terminal agent + OpenAI model stack
- Source
- GitHub openai/codex, OpenAI docs, HN 2025–2026
- Confidence
- High