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google-gemini/gemini-cli vs openai/codex

  • google-gemini/gemini-cli

    Stars

    107,004

    First recorded star in 2025.

  • openai/codex

    Stars

    124,128

    First recorded star in 2025.

Star history overlay
56k STARS1 YR 5 MOgoogle-gemini/gemini-cli56kopenai/codex45k

google-gemini/gemini-cli: 55,573 stars on September 15, 2026. openai/codex: 45,434 stars on September 15, 2026.

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 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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/codex
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.107,004Best result in this row: 124,128
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+65Best 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.1.4 years1.4 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

Signalgoogle-gemini/gemini-cliopenai/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

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

    GitHub reports 124,128 stars for openai/codex and 107,004 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 — 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.