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
textualorrich - 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
brew tap codingmoh/open-codex
brew install open-codexpipx install open-codexgit 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.