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openai/codex

No category on GitHub has grown faster in the 2020s than open-source AI coding tools. Aider made terminal-native pair programming credible, Cline and Continue brought agents into the editor, and OpenHands pushed toward fully autonomous software work — each with a star curve that would have led any other category's chart. When the model labs themselves started shipping open CLIs, the growth only compounded. Recent velocity matters more than totals here; leaders change by the quarter.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Sep 2026

AI coding tools — star history
62k STARS3 YR 4 MOopenai/codex45kgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli56kall-hands-ai/openhands62kcline/cline50kaider-ai/aider37kcontinuedev/continue29k

openai/codex: 45,487 stars on September 16, 2026. google-gemini/gemini-cli: 55,576 stars on September 16, 2026. all-hands-ai/openhands: 62,207 stars on September 16, 2026. cline/cline: 49,933 stars on September 16, 2026. aider-ai/aider: 36,649 stars on September 16, 2026. continuedev/continue: 28,881 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for openai/codex
DateStars
April 16, 20254216
April 22, 202516497
April 28, 202517793
May 4, 202518333
May 10, 202518854
May 16, 202519532
May 23, 202523454
May 29, 202523803
June 4, 202524252
June 10, 202524628
June 18, 202524951
June 24, 202525187
June 30, 202525552
July 6, 202525746
July 12, 202525949
July 19, 202526159
July 25, 202526331
July 31, 202526481
August 6, 202526683
August 12, 202528289
August 19, 202528848
August 25, 202529320
August 31, 202530076
September 6, 202530871
September 12, 202531601
September 19, 202532986
September 25, 202533824
October 1, 202534408
October 7, 202534854
October 16, 202535104
October 24, 202535508
October 30, 202535735
November 5, 202535964
November 11, 202536161
November 17, 202536382
November 24, 202536567
November 30, 202536695
December 6, 202536907
December 12, 202537070
December 18, 202537859
December 25, 202538065
December 31, 202538234
January 6, 202638401
January 12, 202638677
January 18, 202638903
January 25, 202639295
January 31, 202639589
February 6, 202639935
February 12, 202640232
February 18, 202640541
February 26, 202640860
March 4, 202641132
March 10, 202641458
March 16, 202641717
March 23, 202641982
March 29, 202642124
April 4, 202642712
April 10, 202642961
April 16, 202643206
April 22, 202643445
April 29, 202643692
May 5, 202643879
May 11, 202644076
May 17, 202644197
May 23, 202644330
May 30, 202644504
June 5, 202644567
June 11, 202644643
June 17, 202644691
June 23, 202644725
July 1, 202644759
July 8, 202644775
July 16, 202644787
July 29, 202644800
August 12, 202644813
August 22, 202644883
August 28, 202644900
September 3, 202644920
September 9, 202645207
September 16, 202645487
Star history for google-gemini/gemini-cli
DateStars
June 25, 20255787
June 30, 202527073
July 4, 202530992
July 9, 202533457
July 14, 202535116
July 19, 202536398
July 23, 202537419
July 28, 202538690
August 2, 202539580
August 7, 202540392
August 11, 202540965
August 16, 202541677
August 21, 202542393
August 26, 202542982
August 30, 202543476
September 4, 202543950
September 9, 202544402
September 14, 202544870
September 18, 202545207
September 23, 202545546
September 28, 202546144
October 3, 202546476
October 7, 202546692
October 15, 202546790
October 20, 202547042
October 25, 202547279
October 29, 202547470
November 3, 202547716
November 8, 202547966
November 13, 202548178
November 17, 202548404
November 22, 202548841
November 27, 202549194
December 2, 202549434
December 6, 202549647
December 11, 202549994
December 16, 202550325
December 21, 202550605
December 25, 202550837
December 30, 202551115
January 4, 202651364
January 9, 202651628
January 13, 202651836
January 18, 202652151
January 23, 202652421
January 28, 202652648
February 1, 202652804
February 6, 202652984
February 11, 202653154
February 16, 202653310
February 20, 202653430
February 25, 202653629
March 2, 202653815
March 7, 202653975
March 11, 202654095
March 16, 202654256
March 21, 202654386
March 26, 202654502
March 30, 202654563
April 4, 202654694
April 9, 202654816
April 14, 202654927
April 18, 202655007
April 23, 202655107
April 28, 202655190
May 3, 202655269
May 7, 202655306
May 12, 202655370
May 17, 202655418
May 23, 202655445
May 27, 202655464
June 1, 202655488
June 6, 202655495
June 13, 202655505
June 20, 202655511
July 4, 202655516
August 7, 202655523
September 6, 202655548
September 11, 202655560
September 16, 202655576
Star history for all-hands-ai/openhands
DateStars
March 13, 2024606
March 24, 20242697
April 4, 202416960
April 15, 202420780
April 26, 202422124
May 7, 202423039
May 18, 202424604
May 29, 202425522
June 9, 202425989
June 20, 202426510
July 3, 202427198
July 14, 202427590
July 25, 202427910
August 5, 202428495
August 16, 202429137
August 27, 202429780
September 7, 202430134
September 18, 202430462
September 29, 202431323
October 10, 202431958
October 21, 202432237
November 1, 202432569
November 12, 202435086
November 23, 202436191
December 4, 202436804
December 15, 202437417
December 26, 202438028
January 6, 202539859
January 17, 202542381
January 29, 202543495
February 11, 202544343
February 22, 202545944
March 5, 202547248
March 16, 202548977
March 27, 202549723
April 7, 202550765
April 18, 202551316
April 29, 202551824
May 10, 202552270
May 21, 202552885
June 1, 202554585
June 12, 202555115
June 23, 202555865
July 4, 202556401
July 15, 202556794
July 26, 202557256
August 6, 202557654
August 17, 202557922
August 28, 202558189
September 8, 202558586
September 21, 202558803
October 3, 202558978
October 19, 202559086
October 30, 202559198
November 10, 202559347
November 21, 202559449
December 2, 202559537
December 13, 202559672
December 24, 202559795
January 4, 202659949
January 15, 202660113
January 26, 202660296
February 6, 202660436
February 17, 202660574
February 28, 202660713
March 11, 202660863
March 22, 202660988
April 2, 202661110
April 13, 202661250
April 24, 202661367
May 7, 202661484
May 18, 202661582
May 29, 202661683
June 9, 202661749
June 21, 202661808
July 3, 202661845
July 17, 202661862
August 16, 202661881
September 4, 202661928
September 16, 202662207
Star history for cline/cline
DateStars
July 12, 20241
July 21, 2024865
July 30, 20241149
August 8, 20241432
August 17, 20241960
August 26, 20242387
September 5, 20242983
September 14, 20243897
September 23, 20244812
October 2, 20245437
October 13, 20247220
October 23, 20248420
November 1, 20249637
November 10, 202410577
November 19, 202411490
November 28, 202412150
December 8, 202412848
December 17, 202413992
December 26, 202415283
January 4, 202517899
January 13, 202520625
January 22, 202522366
February 1, 202524905
February 10, 202526670
February 19, 202528302
February 28, 202530229
March 9, 202531621
March 19, 202533348
March 28, 202534949
April 6, 202536336
April 17, 202537918
April 26, 202539106
May 6, 202539903
May 15, 202540850
May 24, 202541432
June 2, 202541859
June 11, 202542227
June 21, 202542541
June 30, 202542970
July 9, 202543345
July 18, 202543674
July 27, 202543993
August 5, 202544323
August 15, 202544676
August 24, 202544911
September 2, 202545164
September 11, 202545332
September 20, 202545540
September 30, 202545725
October 9, 202545848
October 24, 202545988
November 2, 202546149
November 11, 202546317
November 21, 202546427
November 30, 202546992
December 9, 202547788
December 18, 202547960
December 27, 202548095
January 6, 202648249
January 15, 202648372
January 24, 202648471
February 2, 202648651
February 11, 202648757
February 20, 202648891
March 2, 202649020
March 11, 202649104
March 20, 202649195
March 29, 202649267
April 7, 202649343
April 17, 202649400
April 28, 202649509
May 8, 202649554
May 17, 202649605
May 26, 202649653
June 6, 202649691
June 15, 202649715
June 29, 202649732
August 7, 202649747
September 5, 202649799
September 16, 202649933
Star history for aider-ai/aider
DateStars
May 10, 202312
May 24, 2023126
June 7, 2023273
June 23, 2023440
July 7, 20231775
July 22, 20232375
August 5, 20232827
August 20, 20233223
September 3, 20233483
September 18, 20233637
October 5, 20233800
October 20, 20234024
November 3, 20234202
November 18, 20234814
December 2, 20235052
December 17, 20235244
December 31, 20235503
January 15, 20245692
January 29, 20245902
February 13, 20246091
February 27, 20246238
March 13, 20246441
March 27, 20246744
April 11, 20247966
April 25, 20249025
May 10, 20249491
May 24, 20249765
June 8, 202410565
June 22, 202411598
July 6, 202412281
July 24, 202413818
August 7, 202415034
August 22, 202415888
September 5, 202416866
September 20, 202418057
October 4, 202419216
October 19, 202419874
November 2, 202420480
November 17, 202421337
December 1, 202421829
December 16, 202422372
December 30, 202423049
January 14, 202523900
January 28, 202524785
February 12, 202525954
February 26, 202526976
March 13, 202527891
March 27, 202528767
April 11, 202529634
April 25, 202530519
May 13, 202531357
May 27, 202531910
June 10, 202532293
June 25, 202532688
July 9, 202533003
July 24, 202533370
August 7, 202533705
August 22, 202533975
September 5, 202534192
September 20, 202534382
October 4, 202534519
October 25, 202534628
November 8, 202534726
November 23, 202534859
December 7, 202534969
December 22, 202535104
January 5, 202635289
January 20, 202635451
February 3, 202635600
February 18, 202635772
March 7, 202636003
March 22, 202636128
April 5, 202636223
April 20, 202636342
May 4, 202636411
May 20, 202636484
June 7, 202636539
July 3, 202636568
August 12, 202636588
September 16, 202636649
Star history for continuedev/continue
DateStars
June 13, 20231
July 2, 2023100
July 16, 2023150
August 2, 20231984
August 16, 20232589
August 29, 20233115
September 12, 20233787
September 26, 20233950
October 10, 20234105
October 24, 20234364
November 9, 20234681
November 23, 20234913
December 7, 20235070
December 20, 20235320
January 3, 20245512
January 17, 20245702
January 31, 20246167
February 14, 20246775
February 27, 20247392
March 12, 20248212
March 26, 20249092
April 9, 20249587
April 23, 202410025
May 6, 202410632
May 20, 202411029
June 3, 202411676
June 17, 202411995
June 30, 202412377
July 14, 202412784
July 28, 202413232
August 14, 202413688
August 27, 202414288
September 10, 202415067
September 24, 202415636
October 8, 202417133
October 21, 202417641
November 4, 202418139
November 18, 202418579
December 2, 202418953
December 16, 202419434
December 29, 202419878
January 12, 202520532
January 26, 202521182
February 9, 202522068
February 23, 202522855
March 8, 202523412
March 22, 202523909
April 5, 202524369
April 19, 202524815
May 2, 202525114
May 19, 202525434
June 2, 202525681
June 16, 202525923
June 29, 202526197
July 13, 202526374
July 27, 202526576
August 10, 202526787
August 23, 202526984
September 6, 202527153
September 20, 202527288
October 4, 202527415
October 22, 202527497
November 4, 202527594
November 18, 202527717
December 2, 202527814
December 16, 202527938
December 30, 202528055
January 12, 202628199
January 26, 202628303
February 9, 202628388
February 25, 202628473
March 11, 202628539
March 26, 202628595
April 10, 202628667
April 24, 202628717
May 9, 202628759
May 25, 202628791
June 21, 202628813
August 19, 202628833
September 16, 202628881

How each series was read

  • openai/codex

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • google-gemini/gemini-cli

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • all-hands-ai/openhands

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • cline/cline

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • aider-ai/aider

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • continuedev/continue

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

AI coding tools ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1openai/codex124,657~7912025debt charts
2google-gemini/gemini-cli107,006~682025debt charts
3all-hands-ai/openhands88,108~4122024debt charts
4cline/cline68,143~2182024debt charts
5aider-ai/aider48,993~942023debt charts
6continuedev/continue35,920~762023debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 124,657107,00688,10868,14348,99335,920
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +791+68+412+218+94+76
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.1.4 years1.4 years2.5 years2.2 years3.4 years3.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these ai coding tools has the most GitHub stars?

openai/codex is the most-starred of the ai coding tools gitdebt compares, with 124,657 GitHub stars as of Sep 2026. It earned its first star in 2025.

Which of these ai coding tools is growing the fastest?

openai/codex added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 791 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read either from GitHub's stargazer list or rebuilt from historical star data — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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