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Alternatives to Codex CLI

8 Code & DevTools tools you could use instead. Each one shares a way to connect with Codex CLI and overlaps on what it does. Strongest match first.

Codex CLICLI · MCP

Alternatives · 8

  1. Codewhale

    CLI

    Runs a terminal coding agent with plan and work modes, approval levels, durable goals, agent teams, and MCP, using…

    Verifiedby Codewhale · Code & DevTools · 5 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: headless exec, rust, terminal.

  2. MiniMax Code

    CLI

    Runs MiniMax's open-source coding agent in the terminal for developers, with an interactive TUI, headless mcode exec…

    VerifiedOfficialby MiniMax AI · Code & DevTools · 5 skills · OAuth 2.0

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: headless exec, terminal, session.

  3. Corgi

    CLI

    Runs your coding agents in a terminal multiplexer that shows which are working, finished or need you, with a scriptable…

    Verifiedby tals · Code & DevTools, Orchestration · 4 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: session resume, codex, terminal.

  4. Factory

    CLI · MCP

    Runs enterprise coding Droids from the terminal with MCP tools, reusable Missions and Skills, plus a headless exec mode…

    VerifiedOfficialby Factory · Code & DevTools, Orchestration · 3 skills · OAuth 2.0

    Why Both offer CLI and MCP. In common: headless exec, terminal, coding.

  5. Maki

    CLI

    Rust coding agent CLI with tree-sitter code indexing, sandboxed Python execution, and multi-tier subagents. Benchmarks…

    Verifiedby Maki · Code & DevTools · 3 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: exec, sandboxed, rust.

  6. Entire

    CLI

    Captures coding-agent sessions as checkpoints linked to commits and hosts Git repos with eval-scored Trail reviews, for…

    Verifiedby Entire · Code & DevTools, Infrastructure & Ops · 5 skills · OAuth 2.0

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: session resume, coding.

  7. Qwen Code

    CLI · API

    Runs an open-source coding agent in the terminal with subagents, agent teams, hooks, skills, plan mode and MCP…

    VerifiedOfficialby Alibaba Qwen · Code & DevTools, Orchestration · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: headless, terminal, session.

  8. Trellis

    CLI

    Persists specs, task PRDs and session journals in your repo and injects them into coding agents such as Claude Code…

    Verifiedby Mindfold · Code & DevTools, Orchestration · 4 skills · No auth

    Why Both offer CLI. In common: codex, project, session.

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codewhalecliheadless exec, rust, terminalminimax-codecliheadless exec, terminal, sessioncorgiclisession resume, codex, terminalfactory-aicli+mcpheadless exec, terminal, codingmakicliexec, sandboxed, rustentireclisession resume, codingqwen-codecliheadless, terminal, sessiontrellisclicodex, project, session
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