For developers who live in the terminal and want ChatGPT‑level reasoning plus the power to actually run code, manipulate files, and iterate – all under version control. In short, it’s chat‑driven development that understands and executes your repo.
OpenAI Codex helped us rapidly prototype and refine transformation logic directly inside the terminal — which mirrors how Clean Clode is actually used. We consider this and Claude Code to currently be the best and most widely CLI coding tools.
The reason I made the app in the first place is that I wanted to test the new OpenAI Codex macOS app. I really enjoyed using it. The underlying Codex model is also great, of course.
Raycast
OpenAI's answer to Claude Code.
Not be confused with Codex CLI by Microsoft, nor OpenAI Codex, which was launched in 2021!