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No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@qoder-ai/qodercli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@qoder-ai/qoder-agent-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "qoder-agent-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`/login` or `qoder login` through a browser on a Qoder account, with background token refresh, or a Personal Access Token in `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` for CI, ACP clients and the SDK. A PAT is created at qoder.com/account/integrations with chosen permissions and an expiry, and can be revoked. Organisations can use service accounts with scoped tokens.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free gives basic models for a limited number of messages and a 14-day Pro trial with 300 credits. Pro is $20 a month (2,000 credits), Pro+ $60 (6,000) and Ultra $200 (20,000). Credit Packs cost $20 for 1,500 credits and expire after a month. Teams is $40 a seat a month with 3,000 credits, Enterprise $20 a seat with credits bought separately (checked 2026-10-18).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the CLI or SDK docs, the pricing docs or the CLI release notes (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 4996, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.qoder.com/cli/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.qoder.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "free-tier" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 609, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 35, "reliability": 51, "schema": 81, "security": 55, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-19. 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Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy.", "bestFor": "Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.", "strengths": [ "Headless `-p` with text, json and stream-json output, `--max-turns`, and ask turned into deny", "Agent SDK for TypeScript and Python that drives the CLI with approval callbacks, hooks and session control", "Documented exit codes and Result error subtypes for scripts and SDK hosts", "Personal Access Tokens with chosen permissions and expiry, and scoped service accounts for organisations", "74 dated releases in the 90 days to 16 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No local sandbox is documented, and `auto` mode approves read-only tools on any path", "Usage and AI code statistics are on by default, and content use for improvement depends on the plan", "Closed source with no public CI, issue tracker or security advisories, and the audit log leaves out CLI execution", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or status page found", "Agent SDK release notes stop at 1.0.41 on 15 September while npm has 1.0.53" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` in CI. The browser sign-in can't complete in a headless run", "Pass `--permission-mode` with `--allowed-tools` in headless runs. Every ask is denied, and `--yolo` removes all checks", "Set `--max-turns` on unattended runs, and branch on exit codes 41 (authentication) and 53 (turn limit)", "Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` and `aiCodeStatistics.enabled` to false in ~/.qoder/settings.json if usage data must stay local", "Don't pass `--model lite`. The Lite tier was removed on 18 September 2026 and headless requests naming it fail" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 35, "reliability": 51, "schema": 81, "security": 55, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://qoder.com/install | bash", "headless": { "env": { "QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "\u003ctoken\u003e" }, "run": "qoder -p \"Review these changes and list potential issues\" --output-format json --permission-mode accept_edits --max-turns 20" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/qoder-cli" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "2,000 credits a month" }, { "item": "Credit Pack", "unit": "tx", "usd": 20, "note": "1,500 credits, expires after one month, not refundable" }, { "item": "Teams", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 40, "note": "3,000 credits a seat a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED", "domain": "qoder.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-08-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://qoder.com/product-service", "privacy": "https://qoder.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last updated 29 April 2026) name BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED as the provider of the Services. The privacy policy (last updated 12 May 2026) describes it as a Singapore registered entity, with a DPO at intldpo@qoder.com.", "We didn't name a parent company, because neither the terms nor the privacy policy names one.", "qoder.com/.well-known/security.txt and docs.qoder.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 18 October 2026.", "No status page was found, and status.qoder.com didn't resolve.", "RDAP (Verisign) gives qoder.com a registration date of 21 August 2009, long before the product.", "qoder.com's robots.txt disallows /pricing, so prices come from docs.qoder.com/account/pricing.md." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "qoder-cli", "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:29:24.344546027Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ad416e727d33" }, { "url": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/lite-model-tier-retirement-notice.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:29:19.692659395Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6c149bbabe94" }, { "url": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/model-consumption-reference-update.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:29:22.276830732Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bc85b1b0ed5c" }, { "url": "https://qoder.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:08.120044012Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2117f74023c8" }, { "url": "https://qoder.com/product-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:10.318722396Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b0a4a5ea5693" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:10.318722396Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "OpenAI", "b": "Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0 (Codex CLI, its Rust crates and the TypeScript and Python SDKs). 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Pi vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Pi vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "goose vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "goose vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Harness² vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Harness² vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Muse Code vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Muse Code vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-opencode.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-openhands.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-warp.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Prime Agent vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-warp.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Harness vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Parallax vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qoder-cli" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 4, "edge": "openai-codex", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openai-codex": 55, "qoder-cli": 51, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "openai-codex", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openai-codex": 90, "qoder-cli": 81, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openai-codex": 80, "qoder-cli": 80, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 27, "edge": "openai-codex", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openai-codex": 82, "qoder-cli": 55, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "openai-codex", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openai-codex": 60, "qoder-cli": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "openai-codex", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openai-codex": 87, "qoder-cli": 72, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "openai-codex", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openai-codex": 84, "qoder-cli": 64, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenAI Codex scores 73.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Qoder CLI's 59.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "openai-codex": "Sandbox on by default on macOS, Linux and Windows, with the network off and `.git` and `.codex` read-only. Pre-1.0 at 0.163.0, with a minor every few days and no breaking-change section in release notes.", "qoder-cli": "A closed-source terminal agent with a documented headless mode, an ACP server, typed TypeScript and Python SDKs and near-daily releases. Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenAI Codex scores 73.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Qoder CLI's 59.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- OpenAI Codex: grade BB, 73.4/100, rank #94 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-codex.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-codex.json\n- Qoder CLI: grade C, 59.3/100, rank #609 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qoder-cli.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### OpenAI Codex (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams that want an open-source harness with safe defaults for unattended runs and an optional hosted agent.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 81\n- Security \u0026 auth, 82 against 55\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 72\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Pre-1.0 at 0.163.0, with a minor every few days and no breaking-change section in release notes\n\n### Qoder CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: No local sandbox is documented, and `auto` mode approves read-only tools on any path\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenAI Codex | Qoder CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 51 | OpenAI Codex +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 81 | OpenAI Codex +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 80 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 82 | 55 | OpenAI Codex +27 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 35 | OpenAI Codex +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 72 | OpenAI Codex +15 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 64 | OpenAI Codex +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.4 · BB** | **59.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenAI Codex | Qoder CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | OpenAI | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Codex CLI, its Rust crates and the TypeScript and Python SDKs). Codex cloud is a hosted service under OpenAI's terms | Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |\n| Popularity | 126k stars | 5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenAI Codex.** Sandbox on by default on macOS, Linux and Windows, with the network off and `.git` and `.codex` read-only. Pre-1.0 at 0.163.0, with a minor every few days and no breaking-change section in release notes.\n\n**Qoder CLI.** A closed-source terminal agent with a documented headless mode, an ACP server, typed TypeScript and Python SDKs and near-daily releases. Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### OpenAI Codex\n\n1. Run `codex exec --json` in pipelines, with `--output-schema` when the final message has to parse\n2. Keep the default sandbox, which has the network off. `--yolo` removes both the sandbox and approvals\n3. Replace `gpt-5.5` with `gpt-6.1-sol` in saved configs, custom agents and scripts under ChatGPT sign-in. GPT-5.5 retired there on 14 October 2026\n4. Set `[analytics] enabled = false` and `[feedback] enabled = false` in config.toml to keep usage data local\n5. Pin the npm version. A 0.x minor lands every few days\n\n### Qoder CLI\n\n1. Set `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` in CI. The browser sign-in can't complete in a headless run\n2. Pass `--permission-mode` with `--allowed-tools` in headless runs. Every ask is denied, and `--yolo` removes all checks\n3. Set `--max-turns` on unattended runs, and branch on exit codes 41 (authentication) and 53 (turn limit)\n4. Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` and `aiCodeStatistics.enabled` to false in ~/.qoder/settings.json if usage data must stay local\n5. Don't pass `--model lite`. The Lite tier was removed on 18 September 2026 and headless requests naming it fail\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, OpenAI Codex or Qoder CLI?\n\nOpenAI Codex scores 73.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Qoder CLI's 59.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are OpenAI Codex and Qoder CLI open source?\n\nOpenAI Codex is open source (Apache-2.0 (Codex CLI, its Rust crates and the TypeScript and Python SDKs). Codex cloud is a hosted service under OpenAI's terms). No open-source release is listed for Qoder CLI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"openai-codex\", \"b\": \"qoder-cli\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare openai-codex qoder-cli`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-codex.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qoder-cli.json\n\n## Other comparisons with OpenAI Codex or Qoder CLI\n\n- [Agent Zero vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [Agent Zero vs Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-qoder-cli.md)\n- [Aider vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [Aider vs Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-qoder-cli.md)\n- [Amp vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [Amp vs Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-qoder-cli.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Qoder 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