Decision Workspace
codex-pal vs codex-codes vs codex-relay
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
codex-pal
experimentalv0.1.3
Launch Codex CLI through codex-relay for OpenAI-compatible model providers
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.
46
codex-relay
experimentalv0.5.2
Responses API ↔ Chat Completions translation bridge for Codex CLI
Core Metrics
| codex-pal | codex-codes | codex-relay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 59 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 85 | 13.6K | 1.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 339 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 2d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 14d | 4m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
codex-pal
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
codex-codes
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
codex-relay
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| codex-pal | codex-codes | codex-relay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.143.2 | 0.5.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 10 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 35KB | 204KB | 81KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •codex-codes leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.