# Crush vs OpenAI Codex (slim)

> OpenAI Codex scores 73.4 (BB) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenAI Codex scores 73.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- OpenAI Codex: BB 73.4, rank #94 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-codex.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks.
- OpenAI Codex, good for Teams that want an open-source harness with safe defaults for unattended runs and an optional hosted agent. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 52; Security & auth, 82 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 55; Maintenance & community, 87 against 82; Transparency & trust, 84 against 56. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Crush | OpenAI Codex |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 82 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 84 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | OpenAI Codex |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | OpenAI |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Apache-2.0 (Codex CLI, its Rust crates and the TypeScript and Python SDKs). Codex cloud is a hosted service under OpenAI's terms |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 126k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |