Codex CLI vs. Zot

Feature	Codex CLI	Zot

Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	Yet another coding agent harness.
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://zot.sh
Language	rust	go
Release Date	April 30, 2025	April 18, 2026
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	low
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)	None
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-5.6 Sol / Terra / Luna, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 pro, GPT-5.3-Codex, optional custom models.	Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini/Vertex, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure and 300+ models from OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT	—
Pricing Model	Subscription	Free
Free Tier	No	No
Price Range	$20-200/mo	$0
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
Development State	active	active