Codex CLI
OpenAI's lightweight coding agent for your terminal
Overview
Codex CLI is OpenAI's coding agent that runs locally from your terminal. Built in Rust for speed and efficiency, it can read, change, and run code on your machine with full repository navigation. Features a full-screen terminal UI for conversational workflows, image support for wireframes and diagrams, progress tracking with to-do lists, and session persistence to pick up where you left off. Included with ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans.
Pricing: Included with ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) or Pro ($200/mo)
Minimum macOS: 10.15 (Catalina)
Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel
Key Features
- Built in Rust for speed and efficiency
- Full-screen terminal UI for conversational workflows
- Repository navigation for multi-file edits
- Image support for wireframes, screenshots, and diagrams
- Progress tracking with built-in to-do lists
- Web search and MCP for external system connections
- Session persistence with resume subcommand
- GitHub PR auto-reviews with on-demand tagging
- Install via npm or Homebrew
- Works with existing ChatGPT subscriptions
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