Codex CLI vs. Mistral Vibe

Feature	Codex CLI	Mistral Vibe

Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	Mistral's open-source CLI coding assistant
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://mistral.ai/products/vibe
Language	rust	python
Release Date	April 30, 2025	December 9, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	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	No
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	256K tokens
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.	Mistral models Devstral 2, Codestral, (BYOK) OpenRouter models (400+ Models), and custom local models. https://docs.mistral.ai/mistral-vibe/introduction
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	Free / $15-25/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe
Development State	active	active