Codewhale vs. Codex CLI

Feature	Codewhale	Codex CLI

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://openai.com/codex
Language	rust	rust
Release Date	January 19, 2026	April 30, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	June 29, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0		#6 · 82.0% ±2.2 ²
Supported Models	30+ providers: DeepSeek, Claude, GPT, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, Grok, Mistral, Xiaomi MiMo, Alibaba Model Studio, SiliconFlow, OpenCode Zen, Hugging Face; local via vLLM, SGLang, Ollama	All frontier GPT, Codex models: GPT-5.6 Sol / Terra / Luna, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 pro, GPT-5.3-Codex, optional custom models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/openai/codex
Development State	active	active