Codex CLI vs. Droid CLI

Feature	Codex CLI	Droid CLI
Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	Agent-native software development in your terminal
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://factory.ai
Language	rust	typescript
Release Date	April 30, 2025	May 28, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
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	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)	VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Vim, Zed
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	#12 · 77.3% ±2.2 2
Supported Models	All frontier GPT, Codex models: GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 pro, GPT-5.3-Codex, optional custom models.	Frontier models by Factory: Opus 4.6, GPT-5, GPT-5.3-Codex & custom models; DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi K2, Qwen.
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	$20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Source Available (Proprietary)
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	https://github.com/Factory-AI/factory
Development State	active	active

¹ Codex CLI tested with GPT-5.5 on Terminal Bench v2.0.

² Droid CLI tested with GPT-5.3-Codex on Terminal Bench v2.0.