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cline/cline vs openai/codex

  • cline/cline

    Stars

    71,614

    First recorded star in 2024.

  • openai/codex

    Stars

    135,244

    First recorded star in 2025.

Star history overlay
135k STARS2 YR 4 MOcline/cline72kopenai/codex135k

cline/cline: 71,605 stars on November 13, 2026. openai/codex: 135,244 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for cline/cline
DateStars
July 11, 20241
July 22, 2024926
August 2, 20241191
August 13, 20241761
August 23, 20242259
September 3, 20242707
September 14, 20243829
September 24, 20244855
October 5, 20245520
October 16, 20247617
October 29, 20248943
November 8, 202410275
November 19, 202411400
November 30, 202412194
December 10, 202413191
December 21, 202414636
January 1, 202517011
January 12, 202520273
January 22, 202522273
February 2, 202524960
February 13, 202527339
February 23, 202529087
March 6, 202531272
March 17, 202533139
March 27, 202534931
April 7, 202536838
April 18, 202538576
April 29, 202539898
May 9, 202540873
May 20, 202541749
June 2, 202542707
June 13, 202543357
June 23, 202543817
July 4, 202544668
July 15, 202545329
July 25, 202545922
August 5, 202546511
August 16, 202547115
August 26, 202547567
September 6, 202548003
September 17, 202548389
September 28, 202548771
October 8, 202549075
October 19, 202549394
October 30, 202549835
November 9, 202550243
November 20, 202550579
December 1, 202551844
December 11, 202553770
December 22, 202554160
January 4, 202654573
January 15, 202654917
January 25, 202655209
February 5, 202655750
February 16, 202656259
February 27, 202656731
March 9, 202657138
March 20, 202657588
March 31, 202658207
April 10, 202658688
April 21, 202659148
May 2, 202659958
May 12, 202660408
May 23, 202661012
June 3, 202661593
June 14, 202662240
June 24, 202662873
July 5, 202663398
July 16, 202663885
July 26, 202664303
August 8, 202665185
August 19, 202665878
August 30, 202666648
September 9, 202667252
September 20, 202668486
October 1, 202669339
October 11, 202669901
October 22, 202670535
November 2, 202671125
November 13, 202671605
Star history for openai/codex
DateStars
April 16, 20259040
April 23, 202518627
April 30, 202519849
May 7, 202520434
May 14, 202520994
May 22, 202525259
May 29, 202525955
June 5, 202526783
June 12, 202527340
June 20, 202527836
June 28, 202528520
July 5, 202528936
July 13, 202529310
July 20, 202529651
July 27, 202529960
August 3, 202530250
August 11, 202532910
August 18, 202533879
August 25, 202534791
September 1, 202536189
September 9, 202538056
September 16, 202539822
September 23, 202542066
September 30, 202543411
October 7, 202544358
October 15, 202545705
October 22, 202546559
October 29, 202547253
November 5, 202547852
November 13, 202548453
November 21, 202549077
November 29, 202549502
December 6, 202550109
December 13, 202550573
December 20, 202552389
December 27, 202552814
January 4, 202653267
January 11, 202653976
January 18, 202654606
January 25, 202655705
February 2, 202656782
February 9, 202657921
February 16, 202658928
February 23, 202659848
March 3, 202661133
March 10, 202662728
March 17, 202664227
March 24, 202665685
March 31, 202668919
April 8, 202672281
April 16, 202674128
April 24, 202676054
May 1, 202677763
May 8, 202679448
May 15, 202681312
May 23, 202683349
May 30, 202685553
June 6, 202687594
June 13, 202689318
June 20, 202690813
June 28, 202692772
July 5, 202694244
July 12, 202696062
July 19, 202698400
July 27, 2026100618
August 3, 2026102416
August 10, 2026103937
August 17, 2026105365
August 25, 2026117171
September 1, 2026119656
September 9, 2026121838
September 17, 2026123941
September 24, 2026125373
October 1, 2026126662
October 8, 2026127693
October 16, 2026129092
October 23, 2026130235
October 30, 2026131858
November 6, 2026133289
November 14, 2026135244
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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

Signalcline/clineopenai/codex
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.71,614Best result in this row: 135,244
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+6,013Best result in this row: +30,092
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.2.4 years1.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcline/clineopenai/codex
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalcline/clineopenai/codex
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalcline/clineopenai/codex
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalcline/clineopenai/codex
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…

Both curves are drawn on shared axes. They are not drawn from a shared source: each series names its own below.

One axis, two sources

The overlay puts both repositories on one axis. It does not always put them on one source: a series not yet read again from GitHub's star history can stop on the date GitHub closed its stargazer list, or be rebuilt from public archive events. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for cline/cline and openai/codex were read
Fieldcline/clineopenai/codex
SourceGitHub star historyGitHub star history
CoverageCovers through November 14, 2026Covers through November 14, 2026
StateStill updatingStill updating

No row states how much of a history is missing. An archive series records star actions and not unstars, so it can exceed a repository's own star total, and a figure for the difference would be wrong exactly where it looks most precise.

Notes on this comparison

  • Which has more GitHub stars, cline/cline or openai/codex?

    GitHub reports 135,244 stars for openai/codex and 71,614 for cline/cline.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. cline/cline — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. openai/codex — GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026 · Still updating. A series read from GitHub's star history runs to its latest read. One read before that existed can stop on the date GitHub closed its stargazer list in July 2026, or come from public archive events, until gitdebt reads it again.

  • How is this comparison computed?

    Star totals come from public repository metadata. The two curves are each repository's stored star series drawn on shared axes, from whichever source is named above. Repository-health figures are computed independently from each project's commit history.