Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Kong/insomnia/vs/openai/codex-security
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Kong/insomnia/vs/openai/codex-security.md
Description: insomnia and codex-security share 6 technologies: React, MCP, Zod, yaml, papaparse, and Ajv. Both are written in TypeScript.

# insomnia vs codex-security

insomnia and codex-security share 6 technologies: React, MCP, Zod, yaml, papaparse, and Ajv. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [Kong/insomnia](https://seerepo.com/r/Kong/insomnia): The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
- [openai/codex-security](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex-security): OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openai/codex-security

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, MCP, Zod, yaml, papaparse, Ajv
- Only in insomnia: @seald-io/nedb, React Router, Sentry, enquirer, tough-cookie, liquidjs, Tailwind CSS, classnames, tailwind-merge, tailwind-variants, react-aria-components, react-aria, react-resizable-panels, react-stately, codemirror, TanStack, codemirror-graphql, @rjsf/core, electron-context-menu, GSAP, monaco-editor, Swagger, Font Awesome, hawk, oauth-1.0a, @xmldom/xmldom, Cheerio, csv-parse, dompurify, highlight.js, marked, xml2js, rjsf, @apidevtools/swagger-parser, tv4, electron-log
- Only in codex-security: Linear, GitHub, rfc3339-validator, rfc3986-validator, @openai/codex-sdk, ink, Inquirer, js-tiktoken, saxes, pdfjs-dist

## Side by side

| | insomnia | codex-security |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 412,580 lines written, 1,265 code files | 568,957 lines written, 393 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 2.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 6,221 commits, 40,136 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 2,044 commits, 11,854 stars |
| Tests | 504 test files. 24.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 611 test files. 71% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, insomnia or codex-security?

codex-security, with 568,957 lines written; insomnia has 412,580.

The proof: [openai/codex-security's code at commit 2911786](https://github.com/openai/codex-security/tree/2911786f243f08fd61ad854f5c527e7b0c404ccc)

### Which has more GitHub stars, insomnia or codex-security?

insomnia, with 40,136 stars; codex-security has 11,854.

The proof: [Kong/insomnia on GitHub](https://github.com/Kong/insomnia)

### Which has more tests, insomnia or codex-security?

codex-security, with 611 test files; insomnia has 504.

The proof: [openai/codex-security's code at commit 2911786](https://github.com/openai/codex-security/tree/2911786f243f08fd61ad854f5c527e7b0c404ccc)

### Which was updated more recently, insomnia or codex-security?

codex-security: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and insomnia's on November 6, 2026.

The proof: [openai/codex-security's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/openai/codex-security/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, insomnia or codex-security?

codex-security: an AI signed 2.1% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in insomnia, 1.3%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in openai/codex-security](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex-security/ai)

## Sources

- Kong/insomnia: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 54e4685 (https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/tree/54e46851ff4a4ca8a357e351ef8bed713ceda42a)
- openai/codex-security: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 2911786 (https://github.com/openai/codex-security/tree/2911786f243f08fd61ad854f5c527e7b0c404ccc)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.