Positioning vs Aider/ClaudeCode/etc

[cavanaug]

Dont get me wrong, this is a great offering, but Im trying to understand the positioning of codex vs say Aider or ClaudeCode. It is great that this is open source vs say ClaudeCode.

Given that this is open source you will certainly see forks or pr's for adding support for things like Azure OpenAI, or support for Microsoft Copilot, or things like OpenRouter/Groq. Will these be welcomed or shunned??

But Im having a hard time seeing the uniqueness vs other tools and some vision style documentation would be great. For me personally this is not going to be useful until things like Azure OpenAi and/or Microsoft Copilot OpenAi are supported, but for now it looks very interesting and could likely evolve much quicker than say Aider.

[cf-sewe]

I think Azure OpenAI support is coming soon: #11

Btw, a post that start with "Dont get me wrong" already sets me in a bad mood 😎

[patruff]

Is this cool ish or bull ish? I have been burned by OpenAI in the past. Anyone an expert on this tool that just came out feel free to comment!

[prefonty]

Is this cool ish or bull ish? I have been burned by OpenAI in the past. Anyone an expert on this tool that just came out feel free to comment!

I am no expert yet, but as a user of the similar yet closed source and very expensive Claude Code, I see Codex as a welcome and worthy competitor. My hope is that Codex being open-source is a timely, although late, and strategic move by OpenAI to show some good will in an effort to lure devs back in. Anthropic have been resting heavily on their laurels and did not have to lower their prices or find another way to change their ways. Now shots have been fired by both Google and OpenAI. Devs will win from that imho.

[salavey13]

the more tools like this the better! everyone can customize tools for themselves now, what a time to be alove, feeling like ironman cookin with jarvis!

i could create my own automation tool, but it's online only and treats git repo like a folder (contrast to codex using real pc with real files and folders, but "offline" - i'm mobile focused, i like to cook sitting in the kitchen, pc is for debugging runtime errors only🤪)

excited with your professional detailed description how to contribute - thanks a lot, i'll still it to levelup my own project))

[0xRaduan]

Bullish on codex as it's OSS and apache licensed.

Project is under active development right now, and if OpenAI puts the right attention to it, it might converge as the go-to tool for CLI agentic coding.

[az-z]

I have a very positive experience with both Cloud Code and Aider.

I'm questioning the management decision to start the project that provides nothing new to the existing offerings on the market.

Supporting the existing open-source projects is a significantly wiser investment for both the company and the ecosystem.
Especially if we look at the number of functionality-breaking issues this project has lately.

[lostmygithubaccount]

can you point to the source code for Claude Code where people can contribute to it as an existing open source project? and perhaps its license?

[Luxcium]

also it is just the star it have potential... remember teh first chatgpt compare to now and it would feel weird to remember how painful it was... codex cli is indeed painful to use but it is a starting pack...