Claude Code leads by 22,480 stars · measured
readings plus reconstructed growth
As of 2026-10-24, Claude Code has 153,277 GitHub stars and
OpenAI Codex CLI has 130,797, a gap of 22,480.
Over the 90 days measured from 2026-07-02 to today, OpenAI Codex CLI grew +37.7% against Claude Code at +13.1%.
Where they stand
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex CLI
GitHub stars
153,277
130,797
Forks
26,588
20,637
Open issues
15,636
24,607
Read at
2026-10-24
2026-10-24
Both counts were read from the GitHub REST API;
each links to its own provenance page below.
Growth over time
Window
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex CLI
30 days
+6.7%
+8.4%
90 days
+13.1%
+37.7%
180 days
+58.2%
+85.2%
365 days
+332.9%
+186.7%
Growth is reconstructed from dated Wayback
Machine captures of each repository page, never interpolated. A missing row means no capture fell
close enough to that window to state a figure honestly.
Which way the gap is moving
No rank crossover between these two in the last 90 days.
Between 2026-07-03 and the current reading, Claude Code gained 17,700 stars and OpenAI Codex CLI gained 35,841. Over that window the gap narrowed by 18,141 stars, from 40,621 to 22,480.
A star count measures attention, not quality, adoption or
satisfaction. A repository with fewer stars can be the better tool, and a fast-growing one can be
growing for reasons unrelated to merit. Nothing here is a recommendation, and the arithmetic in
"which way the gap is moving" is not a prediction.