Codex CLI vs. Continue

Feature	Codex CLI	Continue

Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	The open-source AI code assistant
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://continue.dev
Language	rust	typescript
Release Date	April 30, 2025	August 21, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
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 ¹
Supported Models	All frontier GPT, Codex models: GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 pro, GPT-5.3-Codex, optional custom models.	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	https://github.com/continuedev/continue
Development State	active	active