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Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
brew tap codingmoh/open-codex
brew install open-codex
Open Codex is a fully open-source command-line AI assistant inspired by OpenAI Codex, supporting local language models like phi-4-mini
.
No API key is required. Everything runs locally.
Supports:
- One-shot mode:
open-codex "list all folders"
-> returns shell command - 🧠 Local-only execution using supported OS models (currently
phi-4-mini
)
- Natural Language to Shell Command (via local models)
- Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows (Python-based)
- Confirmation before execution
- Add to clipboard / abort / execute prompt
- One-shot interaction mode (interactive and function-calling coming soon)
- Colored terminal output for better readability
- Interactive, context aware mode
- Fancy TUI with
textual
orrich
- Add support for additional OSS Models
- Full interactive chat mode
- Function-calling support
- Voice input via Whisper
- Command history and undo
- Plugin system for workflows
🔹 Option 1: Install via Homebrew (Recommended for MacOS)
brew tap codingmoh/open-codex
brew install open-codex
🔹 Option 2: Install via pipx (cross-platform)
🔹 Option 3: Clone & Install locally
git clone https://github.com/codingmoh/open-codex.git
cd open_codex
pip install .
Once installed, you can use the open-codex
CLI globally.
open-codex "untar file abc.tar"
✅ Codex suggests a shell command
✅ Asks for confirmation / add to clipboard / abort
✅ Executes if approved
All models run locally. Commands are only executed after explicit approval.
PRs welcome! Ideas, issues, improvements — all appreciated.
MIT
❤️ Built with love and caffeine by codingmoh.