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continuedev/continue vs openai/codex

  • continuedev/continue

    Stars

    35,920

    First recorded star in 2023.

  • openai/codex

    Stars

    124,657

    First recorded star in 2025.

Star history overlay
45k STARS3 YR 3 MOcontinuedev/continue29kopenai/codex45k

continuedev/continue: 28,881 stars on September 16, 2026. openai/codex: 45,487 stars on September 16, 2026.

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
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
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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

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.35,920Best result in this row: 124,657
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+76Best result in this row: +791
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.3.3 years1.4 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot available

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 put them on one source: since July 2026 a stargazer-list series stops on a fixed date, while a series rebuilt from public archive events keeps receiving points. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for continuedev/continue and openai/codex were read
Fieldcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 16, 2026Covers through September 16, 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, continuedev/continue or openai/codex?

    GitHub reports 124,657 stars for openai/codex and 35,920 for continuedev/continue.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. continuedev/continue — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. openai/codex — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. Since July 2026 GitHub serves a repository's stargazer list only to its own admins and collaborators, so one series can stop on a fixed date while the other keeps flowing from public archive events.

  • 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.