Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/openai/codex/vs/storytold/photocraft
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/openai/codex/vs/storytold/photocraft.md
Description: codex and photocraft share 8 technologies: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, rmcp, png, image, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# codex vs photocraft

codex and photocraft share 8 technologies: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, rmcp, png, image, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [openai/codex](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex): Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
- [storytold/photocraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/photocraft): PhotoCraft: An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, rmcp, png, image, schemars, log
- Only in codex: axum, lru, SQLite, Sentry, tower, Ratatui, crossterm, keyring, hmac, pulldown-cmark, zip, Pydantic, tracing, tracing-subscriber, tracing-appender
- Only in photocraft: skrifa, wgpu, parley, x11rb, rfd, muda, winit, roxmltree, resvg, jxl-oxide, plist

## Side by side

| | codex | photocraft |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 2,320,674 lines written, 4,216 code files | 860,770 lines written, 1,249 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot | 51.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 13,099 commits, 133,103 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,289 commits, 76,898 stars |
| Tests | 2,448 test files. 51.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 825 test files. 62.1% 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, codex or photocraft?

codex, with 2,320,674 lines written; photocraft has 860,770.

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

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

codex, with 133,103 stars; photocraft has 76,898.

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

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

codex, with 2,448 test files; photocraft has 825.

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

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

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

photocraft: an AI signed 51.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin; in codex, 2.8%.

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

## Sources

- openai/codex: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 021fccb (https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/021fccb046508938c4754982efccfb51d6e8356e)
- storytold/photocraft: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 8e9277e (https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/8e9277e20e8d5185ed4259908022a719a647237e)

## 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.