Decision Workspace
gpt-cli vs embacle vs codex-codes
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
gpt-cli
growingv0.1.3
Run linux commands with natural language. Eg.: 'show my graphic card' instead 'lspci | grep VGA'
60
embacle
experimentalv0.19.6
LLM runner library — wraps 12 AI CLI tools as pluggable LLM providers with agent loop, guardrails, and cost tracking
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
| gpt-cli | embacle | codex-codes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 60 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 10.8K | 1.0K | 13.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 339 |
| Dependents | 0 | 87 | 0 |
| Releases | 10 | 37 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 395d ago | today | 2d ago |
| Age | 3y 4m | 4m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
gpt-cli
Maintenance
5
Quality
9
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
embacle
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
codex-codes
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| gpt-cli | embacle | codex-codes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.19.6 | 0.143.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 15 | 21 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 214KB | 204KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 10.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •embacle leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •codex-codes has the most downloads (13.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ gpt-cli has not been updated in over a year.