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openai/codex

No category on GitHub has grown faster in the 2020s than open-source AI coding tools. Aider made terminal-native pair programming credible, Cline and Continue brought agents into the editor, and OpenHands pushed toward fully autonomous software work — each with a star curve that would have led any other category's chart. When the model labs themselves started shipping open CLIs, the growth only compounded. Recent velocity matters more than totals here; leaders change by the quarter.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Sep 2026

AI coding tools — star history
62k STARS3 YR 4 MOopenai/codex45kgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli56kall-hands-ai/openhands62kcline/cline50kaider-ai/aider37kcontinuedev/continue29k

openai/codex: 45,434 stars on September 15, 2026. google-gemini/gemini-cli: 55,573 stars on September 15, 2026. all-hands-ai/openhands: 62,185 stars on September 15, 2026. cline/cline: 49,918 stars on September 15, 2026. aider-ai/aider: 36,645 stars on September 15, 2026. continuedev/continue: 28,878 stars on September 15, 2026.

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 18, 202526121
July 25, 202526331
July 31, 202526481
August 6, 202526683
August 12, 202528289
August 18, 202528788
August 24, 202529208
August 31, 202530076
September 6, 202530871
September 12, 202531601
September 18, 202532735
September 24, 202533693
October 1, 202534408
October 7, 202534854
October 16, 202535104
October 23, 202535464
October 29, 202535699
November 5, 202535964
November 11, 202536161
November 17, 202536382
November 23, 202536552
November 29, 202536673
December 6, 202536907
December 12, 202537070
December 18, 202537859
December 24, 202538050
December 30, 202538219
January 5, 202638367
January 12, 202638677
January 18, 202638903
January 24, 202639184
January 30, 202639553
February 5, 202639867
February 12, 202640232
February 18, 202640541
February 25, 202640815
March 3, 202641086
March 9, 202641413
March 16, 202641717
March 22, 202641948
March 28, 202642104
April 3, 202642666
April 9, 202642905
April 16, 202643206
April 22, 202643445
April 28, 202643669
May 4, 202643868
May 10, 202644041
May 16, 202644174
May 23, 202644330
May 29, 202644484
June 4, 202644552
June 10, 202644639
June 16, 202644687
June 22, 202644724
June 30, 202644751
July 7, 202644774
July 15, 202644786
July 26, 202644797
August 11, 202644811
August 21, 202644876
August 27, 202644899
September 2, 202644915
September 8, 202645196
September 15, 202645434
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 13, 202544797
September 18, 202545207
September 23, 202545546
September 28, 202546144
October 2, 202546401
October 7, 202546692
October 15, 202546790
October 20, 202547042
October 24, 202547235
October 29, 202547470
November 3, 202547716
November 8, 202547966
November 12, 202548134
November 17, 202548404
November 22, 202548841
November 26, 202549134
December 1, 202549379
December 6, 202549647
December 11, 202549994
December 15, 202550268
December 20, 202550555
December 25, 202550837
December 30, 202551115
January 3, 202651297
January 8, 202651576
January 13, 202651836
January 18, 202652151
January 22, 202652370
January 27, 202652597
February 1, 202652804
February 6, 202652984
February 10, 202653120
February 15, 202653288
February 20, 202653430
February 24, 202653593
March 1, 202653785
March 6, 202653933
March 11, 202654095
March 15, 202654226
March 20, 202654355
March 25, 202654483
March 30, 202654563
April 3, 202654664
April 8, 202654795
April 13, 202654912
April 18, 202655007
April 22, 202655095
April 27, 202655184
May 2, 202655244
May 6, 202655298
May 11, 202655363
May 16, 202655406
May 22, 202655440
May 26, 202655461
May 31, 202655484
June 5, 202655492
June 12, 202655503
June 17, 202655508
June 28, 202655515
July 30, 202655522
September 5, 202655538
September 10, 202655552
September 15, 202655573
Star history for all-hands-ai/openhands
DateStars
March 13, 2024606
March 24, 20242697
April 4, 202416960
April 15, 202420780
April 26, 202422124
May 7, 202423039
May 18, 202424604
May 29, 202425522
June 9, 202425989
June 20, 202426510
July 3, 202427198
July 14, 202427590
July 25, 202427910
August 5, 202428495
August 16, 202429137
August 27, 202429780
September 7, 202430134
September 18, 202430462
September 29, 202431323
October 10, 202431958
October 21, 202432237
November 1, 202432569
November 12, 202435086
November 23, 202436191
December 4, 202436804
December 15, 202437417
December 26, 202438028
January 6, 202539859
January 17, 202542381
January 28, 202543411
February 10, 202544264
February 21, 202545844
March 4, 202547152
March 15, 202548908
March 26, 202549648
April 6, 202550712
April 17, 202551196
April 28, 202551780
May 9, 202552234
May 20, 202552723
June 1, 202554585
June 12, 202555115
June 23, 202555865
July 4, 202556401
July 15, 202556794
July 26, 202557256
August 6, 202557654
August 17, 202557922
August 28, 202558189
September 8, 202558586
September 21, 202558803
October 2, 202558967
October 18, 202559082
October 29, 202559186
November 9, 202559322
November 20, 202559442
December 1, 202559529
December 12, 202559664
December 23, 202559779
January 3, 202659922
January 14, 202660095
January 25, 202660281
February 5, 202660424
February 16, 202660567
February 27, 202660689
March 10, 202660848
March 21, 202660972
April 1, 202661100
April 12, 202661240
April 23, 202661352
May 6, 202661480
May 17, 202661573
May 28, 202661674
June 8, 202661747
June 20, 202661803
July 2, 202661843
July 16, 202661861
August 14, 202661880
September 3, 202661900
September 15, 202662185
Star history for cline/cline
DateStars
July 12, 20241
July 21, 2024865
July 30, 20241149
August 8, 20241432
August 17, 20241960
August 26, 20242387
September 5, 20242983
September 14, 20243897
September 23, 20244812
October 2, 20245437
October 13, 20247220
October 22, 20248316
November 1, 20249637
November 10, 202410577
November 19, 202411490
November 28, 202412150
December 7, 202412704
December 16, 202413881
December 26, 202415283
January 4, 202517899
January 13, 202520625
January 22, 202522366
January 31, 202524724
February 10, 202526670
February 19, 202528302
February 28, 202530229
March 9, 202531621
March 18, 202533186
March 28, 202534949
April 6, 202536336
April 17, 202537918
April 26, 202539106
May 5, 202539806
May 14, 202540766
May 23, 202541388
June 2, 202541859
June 11, 202542227
June 20, 202542516
June 29, 202542935
July 8, 202543309
July 18, 202543674
July 27, 202543993
August 5, 202544323
August 14, 202544650
August 23, 202544888
September 2, 202545164
September 11, 202545332
September 20, 202545540
September 29, 202545707
October 8, 202545847
October 23, 202545965
November 1, 202546124
November 11, 202546317
November 20, 202546416
November 29, 202546912
December 8, 202547729
December 17, 202547948
December 27, 202548095
January 5, 202648236
January 14, 202648358
January 23, 202648462
February 1, 202648637
February 11, 202648757
February 20, 202648891
March 1, 202649010
March 10, 202649096
March 19, 202649182
March 28, 202649257
April 7, 202649343
April 16, 202649397
April 27, 202649506
May 7, 202649552
May 16, 202649600
May 25, 202649647
June 5, 202649685
June 14, 202649714
June 26, 202649731
August 2, 202649746
September 4, 202649772
September 15, 202649918
Star history for aider-ai/aider
DateStars
May 10, 202312
May 24, 2023126
June 7, 2023273
June 23, 2023440
July 7, 20231775
July 22, 20232375
August 5, 20232827
August 20, 20233223
September 3, 20233483
September 18, 20233637
October 5, 20233800
October 20, 20234024
November 3, 20234202
November 18, 20234814
December 2, 20235052
December 17, 20235244
December 31, 20235503
January 14, 20245677
January 29, 20245902
February 12, 20246077
February 27, 20246238
March 12, 20246407
March 27, 20246744
April 10, 20247269
April 25, 20249025
May 9, 20249462
May 24, 20249765
June 7, 202410485
June 22, 202411598
July 6, 202412281
July 24, 202413818
August 7, 202415034
August 21, 202415789
September 5, 202416866
September 19, 202417974
October 4, 202419216
October 18, 202419841
November 2, 202420480
November 16, 202421303
December 1, 202421829
December 15, 202422333
December 30, 202423049
January 13, 202523817
January 28, 202524785
February 11, 202525885
February 26, 202526976
March 12, 202527830
March 27, 202528767
April 10, 202529584
April 25, 202530519
May 12, 202531309
May 26, 202531879
June 10, 202532293
June 24, 202532675
July 9, 202533003
July 23, 202533353
August 7, 202533705
August 21, 202533964
September 5, 202534192
September 19, 202534375
October 4, 202534519
October 24, 202534625
November 8, 202534726
November 22, 202534840
December 7, 202534969
December 21, 202535094
January 4, 202635275
January 19, 202635446
February 2, 202635597
February 17, 202635763
March 6, 202635996
March 21, 202636119
April 4, 202636210
April 19, 202636334
May 3, 202636408
May 19, 202636481
June 6, 202636538
July 2, 202636567
August 7, 202636587
September 15, 202636645
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 23, 20234352
November 9, 20234681
November 23, 20234913
December 7, 20235070
December 20, 20235320
January 3, 20245512
January 17, 20245702
January 31, 20246167
February 13, 20246636
February 27, 20247392
March 12, 20248212
March 26, 20249092
April 8, 20249538
April 22, 20249987
May 6, 202410632
May 20, 202411029
June 3, 202411676
June 16, 202411971
June 30, 202412377
July 14, 202412784
July 28, 202413232
August 13, 202413667
August 27, 202414288
September 10, 202415067
September 23, 202415605
October 7, 202417072
October 21, 202417641
November 4, 202418139
November 18, 202418579
December 1, 202418932
December 15, 202419394
December 29, 202419878
January 12, 202520532
January 25, 202521135
February 8, 202522017
February 22, 202522818
March 8, 202523412
March 22, 202523909
April 4, 202524350
April 18, 202524792
May 2, 202525114
May 18, 202525422
June 1, 202525675
June 15, 202525906
June 29, 202526197
July 12, 202526357
July 26, 202526558
August 9, 202526776
August 23, 202526984
September 6, 202527153
September 19, 202527281
October 3, 202527409
October 21, 202527493
November 4, 202527594
November 17, 202527707
December 1, 202527806
December 15, 202527921
December 29, 202528049
January 11, 202628188
January 25, 202628295
February 8, 202628382
February 25, 202628473
March 10, 202628534
March 24, 202628594
April 9, 202628659
April 23, 202628713
May 8, 202628757
May 24, 202628790
June 20, 202628809
August 12, 202628832
September 15, 202628878

How each series was read

  • openai/codex

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • google-gemini/gemini-cli

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • all-hands-ai/openhands

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • cline/cline

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • aider-ai/aider

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • continuedev/continue

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

AI coding tools ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1openai/codex124,128~7472025debt charts
2google-gemini/gemini-cli107,004~652025debt charts
3all-hands-ai/openhands87,991~3882024debt charts
4cline/cline68,044~2042024debt charts
5aider-ai/aider48,966~952023debt charts
6continuedev/continue35,905~742023debt charts

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

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 124,128107,00487,99168,04448,96635,905
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +747+65+388+204+95+74
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.1.4 years1.4 years2.5 years2.2 years3.4 years3.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalopenai/codexgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliall-hands-ai/openhandscline/clineaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these ai coding tools has the most GitHub stars?

openai/codex is the most-starred of the ai coding tools gitdebt compares, with 124,128 GitHub stars as of Sep 2026. It earned its first star in 2025.

Which of these ai coding tools is growing the fastest?

openai/codex added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 747 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read either from GitHub's stargazer list or rebuilt from historical star data — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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