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google-gemini/gemini-cli vs openai/codex

  • google-gemini/gemini-cli

    Stars

    107,006

    First recorded star in 2025.

  • openai/codex

    Stars

    124,657

    First recorded star in 2025.

Star history overlay
56k STARS1 YR 5 MOgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli56kopenai/codex45k

google-gemini/gemini-cli: 55,576 stars on September 16, 2026. openai/codex: 45,487 stars on September 16, 2026.

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 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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/codex
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.107,006Best result in this row: 124,657
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+68Best 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.1.4 years1.4 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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 google-gemini/gemini-cli and openai/codex were read
Fieldgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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, google-gemini/gemini-cli or openai/codex?

    GitHub reports 124,657 stars for openai/codex and 107,006 for google-gemini/gemini-cli.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. google-gemini/gemini-cli — 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.