Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/openai/codex/vs/ultraworkers/claw-code
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/openai/codex/vs/ultraworkers/claw-code.md
Description: codex and claw-code share 6 technologies: axum, SQLite, Tokio, crossterm, tracing, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# codex vs claw-code

codex and claw-code share 6 technologies: axum, SQLite, Tokio, crossterm, tracing, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [openai/codex](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex): Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
- [ultraworkers/claw-code](https://seerepo.com/r/ultraworkers/claw-code): An agent-managed museum exhibit, built in Rust with Gajae-Code / LazyCodex — developed and maintained with no human intervention.

## What they share and what sets them apart

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

## Side by side

| | codex | claw-code |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 2,320,674 lines written, 4,216 code files | 136,696 lines written, 164 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot | 2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Warp, and Crush |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 13,099 commits, 133,103 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 1,604 commits, 194,964 stars |
| Tests | 2,448 test files. 51.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 25 test files. 9.1% 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 claw-code?

codex, with 2,320,674 lines written; claw-code has 136,696.

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

### Which has more GitHub stars, codex or claw-code?

claw-code, with 194,964 stars; codex has 133,103.

The proof: [ultraworkers/claw-code on GitHub](https://github.com/ultraworkers/claw-code)

### Which has more tests, codex or claw-code?

codex, with 2,448 test files; claw-code has 25.

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

### Which was updated more recently, codex or claw-code?

codex: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and claw-code's on November 2, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, codex or claw-code?

codex: an AI signed 2.8% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot; in claw-code, 2%.

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

## Sources

- openai/codex: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 021fccb (https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/021fccb046508938c4754982efccfb51d6e8356e)
- ultraworkers/claw-code: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 51cfca1 (https://github.com/ultraworkers/claw-code/tree/51cfca114cf506a5d7a53ab1bffa8e1bbd3c780d)

## 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.