loco vs codex
loco and codex share 8 technologies: axum, sqlx, Tokio, tower, hmac, tracing, tracing-subscriber, and tracing-appender. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
loco-rs
loco
🚂 🦀 The one-person framework for Rust for side-projects and startups
Rust9.6kRead on November 14, 2026, at commit 0fce092What is loco built with?Only in loco
- bb8
- bb8-redis
opendal
- Redis
- axum-extra
- Vite
- React Router
- React
- tabled
- dialoguer
sea-orm
- argon2
- tera
lettre
- scraper
validator
In common
openai
codex
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Rust134.9kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 6bfdc75What is codex built with?Only in codex
- codex-attachment-store
- codex-cloud-tasks-client
- codex-queue-extension
- codex-thread-store
- codex-utils-cache
- sqlx-sqlite
libsqlite3-sys
- lru
- SQLite
- Sentry
rama-http
- tiny_http
objc2-app-kit
- two-face
- codex-tui
- Ratatui
- crossterm
ansi-to-tui
- sqlx-macros
- codex-aws-auth
- codex-keyring-store
- codex-login
- codex-user-verification
- codex-websocket-auth
- codex-workload-identity
- oauth2
- keyring
- jsonwebtoken
- ed25519-dalek
- codex-agent-graph-store
- codex-agent-identity
- codex-agent-message-board-client
- codex-agent-message-board-extension
- codex-agent-message-board-host
- codex-agent-roles
- codex-chatgpt
- codex-client
- codex-code-mode-runtime
- codex-collaboration-mode-templates
- codex-context-fragments
- codex-core-plugin-common
- codex-extension-api
- codex-external-agent-migration
- codex-guardian-context
- codex-guardian-reviewer
- codex-image-generation-extension
- codex-lmstudio
- codex-mcp
- codex-mcp-extension
- codex-memories-extension
- codex-memories-read
- codex-memories-write
- codex-message-board-mcp
- codex-model-provider
- codex-model-provider-info
- codex-models-manager
- codex-ollama
- codex-plugin-host
- codex-prompts
- codex-protocol
- codex-response-debug-context
- codex-runtime-agent-instance
- codex-skills
- codex-skills-extension
- codex-tools
- codex-web-search-extension
openai-codex-cli-bin
- rmcp
- mxc-sdk
- bm25
- codex-mermaid
- codex-utils-image
- codex-utils-template
- png
- image
- pulldown-cmark
- zip
- linkify
- quick-xml
- symphonia
- schemars
- Pydantic
- codex-otel-trace-websocket
- codex-rollout-trace
- tracelogging
- OpenTelemetry
- tracing-opentelemetry
- log
opentelemetry-otlp
Side by side
lococodex
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
loco85,484 lines written220 code files
codex2,400,707 lines written4,321 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
loco2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
codex2.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
locoLast push November 6, 20261,455 commits9,627 stars
codexLast push November 12, 202613,452 commits134,947 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
loco93 test files13.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
codex2,531 test files52% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, loco or codex?
codex, with 2,400,707 lines written; loco has 85,484.
The proof: openai/codex's code at commit 6bfdc75
Which has more GitHub stars, loco or codex?
codex, with 134,947 stars; loco has 9,627.
The proof: openai/codex on GitHub
Which has more tests, loco or codex?
codex, with 2,531 test files; loco has 93.
The proof: openai/codex's code at commit 6bfdc75
Which was updated more recently, loco or codex?
codex: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and loco's on November 6, 2026.
The proof: openai/codex's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, loco or codex?
codex: an AI signed 2.7% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot; in loco, 2%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in openai/codex
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