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AI coding agents & IDEs · provisional #5 of 5

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE and cloud tasks.

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Pricing
Limited free use in ChatGPT Free; ChatGPT Plus $20/mo
Our score
Not scored yet. Testing in progress.
Last checked
2026-10-14 · source
Website
openai.com/codex

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