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google-gemini/gemini-cli vs openai/codex

  • google-gemini/gemini-cli

    Stars

    108,825

    First recorded star in 2025.

  • openai/codex

    Stars

    135,244

    First recorded star in 2025.

Star history overlay
135k STARS1 YR 7 MOgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli109kopenai/codex135k

google-gemini/gemini-cli: 108,820 stars on November 14, 2026. openai/codex: 135,244 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for google-gemini/gemini-cli
DateStars
April 20, 20251
May 23, 20257
June 18, 202515
June 25, 202517814
July 2, 202547150
July 8, 202552503
July 15, 202556018
July 22, 202558762
July 28, 202561100
August 4, 202562889
August 12, 202564889
August 18, 202566193
August 25, 202567687
September 1, 202568944
September 7, 202569915
September 14, 202570999
September 20, 202571806
September 27, 202573037
October 3, 202573761
October 10, 202574578
October 17, 202575540
October 23, 202576184
October 30, 202576980
November 5, 202577643
November 12, 202578391
November 19, 202579669
November 25, 202580748
December 2, 202581713
December 8, 202582577
December 15, 202583662
December 23, 202584676
December 29, 202585356
January 5, 202686056
January 12, 202686991
January 18, 202687905
January 25, 202688883
January 31, 202689600
February 7, 202690368
February 14, 202691078
February 20, 202691711
February 27, 202692588
March 5, 202693309
March 12, 202694174
March 19, 202695173
March 25, 202695934
April 1, 202696865
April 7, 202697528
April 14, 202698320
April 21, 202699138
April 27, 202699707
May 5, 2026100432
May 12, 2026101117
May 18, 2026101629
May 25, 2026102163
May 31, 2026102480
June 7, 2026102839
June 14, 2026103184
June 20, 2026103472
June 27, 2026103735
July 3, 2026103944
July 10, 2026104219
July 17, 2026104437
July 23, 2026104642
July 30, 2026104849
August 5, 2026105027
August 12, 2026105226
August 18, 2026105382
August 25, 2026105592
September 1, 2026105768
September 7, 2026105937
September 15, 2026106166
September 22, 2026106366
September 28, 2026106497
October 5, 2026106669
October 12, 2026106848
October 18, 2026107071
October 25, 2026108135
October 31, 2026108393
November 7, 2026108623
November 14, 2026108820
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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/codex
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.108,825Best result in this row: 135,244
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+3,495Best 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.1.6 years1.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

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

    GitHub reports 135,244 stars for openai/codex and 108,825 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 — 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.