Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gitui-org/gitui/vs/openai/codex
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/gitui-org/gitui/vs/openai/codex.md
Description: gitui and codex share 3 technologies: Ratatui, crossterm, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# gitui vs codex

gitui and codex share 3 technologies: Ratatui, crossterm, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [gitui-org/gitui](https://seerepo.com/r/gitui-org/gitui): Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀
- [openai/codex](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex): Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Ratatui, crossterm, log
- Only in gitui: env_logger, simplelog
- Only in codex: axum, lru, SQLite, Sentry, Tokio, tower, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, keyring, hmac, rmcp, png, image, pulldown-cmark, zip, schemars, Pydantic, tracing, tracing-subscriber, tracing-appender

## Side by side

| | gitui | codex |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 50,369 lines written, 161 code files | 2,320,674 lines written, 4,216 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 2.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push October 6, 2026, 2,614 commits, 22,618 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 13,099 commits, 133,103 stars |
| Tests | 0 test files | 2,448 test files. 51.6% 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, gitui or codex?

codex, with 2,320,674 lines written; gitui has 50,369.

The proof: [openai/codex's code at commit 021fccb](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/021fccb046508938c4754982efccfb51d6e8356e)

### Which has more GitHub stars, gitui or codex?

codex, with 133,103 stars; gitui has 22,618.

The proof: [openai/codex on GitHub](https://github.com/openai/codex)

### Which has more tests, gitui or codex?

codex, with 2,448 test files.

The proof: [openai/codex's code at commit 021fccb](https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/021fccb046508938c4754982efccfb51d6e8356e)

### Which was updated more recently, gitui or codex?

codex: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and gitui's on October 6, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, gitui or codex?

codex: an AI signed 2.8% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot.

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

## Sources

- gitui-org/gitui: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit d7214ec (https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/tree/d7214eccb3cac52ce3f8d9ca18f218671821eeee)
- openai/codex: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 021fccb (https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/021fccb046508938c4754982efccfb51d6e8356e)

## 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.