Codex CLI vs. OpenHands CLI

Feature	Codex CLI	OpenHands CLI
Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	rust	python
Release Date	April 30, 2025	October 18, 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	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)	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
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	#64 · 51.9% ±2.9 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.	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Pricing Model	Subscription	BYOK
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active

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

² OpenHands CLI tested with Claude Opus 4.5 on Terminal Bench v2.0.