Codex CLI vs. Rovo Dev CLI

Feature	Codex CLI	Rovo Dev CLI

Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	AI-powered coding agent for software teams by Atlassian
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://atlassian.com/software/rovo-dev
Language	rust	python
Release Date	April 30, 2025	November 21, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 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, Bitbucket Cloud
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	No
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.	Atlassian managed models
Pricing Model	Subscription	Subscription
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	$20/mo per user
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	N/A
Development State	active	active