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OpenAI's open-source coding agent for the terminal and IDEs, with cloud tasks; written in Rust.

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs and web; the most used coding agent at work in 2026.

Open-source, provider-agnostic terminal coding agent with a polished TUI and client/server design.

Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains that plans, edits files and runs commands with approval.

Head to head

Metric	OpenAI Codex	Claude Code	OpenCode	Cline
Stars	133k	155k	226k	71.4k
Weekly downloads	26M	16.4M	3.4M	n/a
Download growth	+37%	-24%	+50%	n/a
Popularity score	92/100	91/100	88/100	89/100
Forks	21.1k	24.9k	30.6k	7.9k
Open issues	26.6k	17k	4.2k	1.7k
Last commit	6d ago	1d ago	today	5d ago
Latest version	0.167.2	2.1.322	1.19.5	n/a
License	Apache-2.0	n/a	MIT	Apache-2.0
First released	2025	2025	2025	2024
Signals	Trending	TrendingPopular	Trending	Popular
Listed in	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants

Weekly downloads over time

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OpenAI Codex
Claude Code
OpenCode