openai/codex
- Total stars
- 132,877
- Today
- +138since 00:07 UTC
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About the project
A local coding agent from OpenAI that runs in the terminal: installed with one command and used as a CLI tool for working with code.
Useful for
- Run codex in the terminal to automate edits in a project
- Install the agent via npm, Homebrew, or a standalone script on macOS, Linux, and Windows
- Sign in with a ChatGPT account to use Codex under a Plus or Pro plan
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of November 2, 2026, 21:46 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-02 (UTC), 00:07–21:32: 132739 → 132877 stars (+138). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +153 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Hacker News: “Codex is EATING my Mac's disk space” — 176 points, 16 days ago.
- About 42 forks a day — people are taking the code.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
New stars over 7 days: 2,005. +66% versus the preceding 7 days.
Daily measurements · UTC
- October 26, 2026
- 163
- October 27, 2026
- 290
- October 28, 2026
- 158
- October 29, 2026
- 152
- October 30, 2026
- 612
- October 31, 2026
- 391
- November 1, 2026
- 239
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 612 · October 30, 2026. Days with data: 30.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: November 2, 2026, 21:46 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
Three GitHub discoveries in each edition
What they do, why they are gaining interest, and what to check before using them.
Editions at 10:00, 16:00, 22:00 MSK.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 132,877
- Today
- +138 stars measured 2026-11-02, 00:07–21:32 UTC, ≈ 153 by evening
- Forks
- 21,013
- Issues and pull requests
- 57,414
- Watchers
- 662
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- rust-v0.167.0-alpha.3 · November 1, 2026
- Created
- April 13, 2025
- Last push
- November 2, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default609 points, October 12, 2026
- Codex is EATING my Mac's disk space176 points, October 17, 2026
Spotted in
- November 2, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #14, +298 stars
- November 1, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #5, +313 stars
- October 31, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #5, +702 stars
- October 29, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #4, +284 stars
- October 28, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #4, +308 stars
- October 24, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #16, +173 stars; Spotted on Hacker News
- October 23, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #6, +174 stars; Spotted on Hacker News
- October 22, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #3, +187 stars; Spotted on Hacker News
- October 21, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #3, +538 stars; Spotted on Hacker News
- October 20, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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