OpenAI Codex CLI vs OpenCode

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

	OpenAI Codex CLI OpenAI's open-source terminal coding agent, now on GPT-5.3-Codex. Visit	OpenCode Free, open-source terminal coding agent with 75+ model providers Visit
RECATOOLS Score	8.2 / 10	7.9 / 10
Capability	8.5	7.5
Value for money	7.5	8.5
Ease of use	7.5	7.5
ASEAN readiness	6.5	6.5
API quality	8	7.5
Pricing	Freemium	Open Source
Free tier	—	—
Paid from	—	—
Has API	✓	✓
Open source	✓	✓
Free to use	✓	✓
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Verdict	Codex CLI has scaled into a real Claude Code rival: OpenAI's repo sits at roughly 97,000 GitHub stars and the tool now ships baked into every ChatGPT tier, including Free. Reddit sentiment leans toward Codex for token ef...	OpenCode has become the default open-source answer to Claude Code — MIT-licensed, provider-agnostic, and reportedly past 160,000 GitHub stars with millions of monthly users. Plan mode (reason before you let it write) and...
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