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continuedev/continue vs openai/codex

  • continuedev/continue

    Stars

    35,905

    First recorded star in 2023.

  • openai/codex

    Stars

    124,128

    First recorded star in 2025.

Star history overlay
45k STARS3 YR 3 MOcontinuedev/continue29kopenai/codex45k

continuedev/continue: 28,878 stars on September 15, 2026. openai/codex: 45,434 stars on September 15, 2026.

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
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
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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

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.35,905Best result in this row: 124,128
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+74Best result in this row: +747
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.3.3 years1.4 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/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

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/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

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/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

Signalcontinuedev/continueopenai/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 continuedev/continue and openai/codex were read
Fieldcontinuedev/continueopenai/codex
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 15, 2026Covers through September 15, 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, continuedev/continue or openai/codex?

    GitHub reports 124,128 stars for openai/codex and 35,905 for continuedev/continue.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. continuedev/continue — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026 · Still updating. openai/codex — Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 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.