OpenAI's Codex Gains 1,544 Stars in a Day to 114,696, the Biggest Absolute Mover on Today's Trending Page
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openai/codex, the Rust terminal coding agent, took the top slot on github.com/trending?since=daily with +1,544 stars, reaching 114,696 total and 17,497 forks, pushed 2026-08-23. It sits above basecamp/omarchy (+803) and Alishahryar1/free-claude-code (+1,040) on the same page. Codex being the single largest daily gainer is a useful counterweight to the impression that the terminal-agent race is decided.