codex vs vector
codex and vector share 9 technologies: axum, lru, Tokio, tower, Ratatui, crossterm, tracing, tracing-subscriber, and log. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
openai
codex
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Rust133.1kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 021fccbWhat is codex built with?Only in codex
- SQLite
- Sentry
objc2-app-kit
- keyring
- hmac
- rmcp
- png
- image
- pulldown-cmark
- zip
- schemars
- Pydantic
tracing-appender
In common
vectordotdev
vector
A high-performance observability data pipeline.
Rust22.8kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 1bac1b8What is vector built with?Only in vector
aws-sdk-s3
- sqlx-postgres
- tokio-postgres
- Redis
- MongoDB
- opendal
- Postgres
- sqlx
- Kafka
AWS S3- warp
- Tailwind CSS
- indicatif
- azure_identity
parquet
- quick-xml
- csv
- handlebars
- jsonschema
- metrics
- azure_core
Side by side
codexvector
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
codex2,320,674 lines written4,216 code files
vector472,373 lines written1,238 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.
codex2.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot
vector0.9% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
codexLast push November 4, 202613,099 commits133,103 stars
vectorLast push November 4, 202614,656 commits22,799 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
codex2,448 test files51.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
vector242 test files28% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, codex or vector?
codex, with 2,320,674 lines written; vector has 472,373.
The proof: openai/codex's code at commit 021fccb
Which has more GitHub stars, codex or vector?
codex, with 133,103 stars; vector has 22,799.
The proof: openai/codex on GitHub
Which has more tests, codex or vector?
codex, with 2,448 test files; vector has 242.
The proof: openai/codex's code at commit 021fccb
Which was updated more recently, codex or vector?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: vectordotdev/vector's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, codex or vector?
codex: an AI signed 2.8% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot; in vector, 0.9%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in openai/codex
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