Decision Workspace
clispec vs adk-cli vs codex-codes
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
clispec
experimentalv0.2.10
Score CLI tools against The CLI Spec
64
adk-cli
growingv1.0.0
Command-line launcher for Rust Agent Development Kit (ADK-Rust) agents
59
codex-codes
experimentalv0.143.2
Typed Rust SDK for the OpenAI Codex agent CLI: serde models of the codex app-server JSON-RPC protocol, plus sync and async (Tokio) clients for multi-turn Codex agent sessions, tool calls, and approvals.
Core Metrics
| clispec | adk-cli | codex-codes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 64 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 255 | 4.1K | 13.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 339 |
| Dependents | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Releases | 16 | 27 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 12d ago | 36d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 3m | 7m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
clispec
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
adk-cli
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
codex-codes
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| clispec | adk-cli | codex-codes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.10 | 1.0.0 | 0.143.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 29 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 41KB | 59KB | 204KB |
| Features | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.90 | 1.94.0 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •adk-cli leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •codex-codes has the most downloads (13.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •clispec, codex-codes are pre-1.0 — API may change.