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codex enters GitHub weekly chart at #5

In the 2026-08-27 GitHub weekly snapshot, openai/codex ranked #5 with 12,120 stars for the week (119,071 total). Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

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OpenAI open-sourcing a lightweight terminal coding agent is a direct play for the workflow entry point: the model stopped being the selling point the moment it lives where you already type. The real contest over terminal-agent conventions starts with moves like this.

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  1. RecordGitHub weekly Trending ranked #5, recording 12,120 stars for the week.

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