Self-hosted alternatives to Codex CLI

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Not listed as Codex CLI alternatives, but they cover the same ground and are worth a look.

hermes-agentSelf-hosted open-source AI agent that learns from experience, creates skills, runs on Telegram, Discord, Slack, CLI — MIT licensed.
ZeroZero is a self-hosted, open-source terminal coding agent running locally with 25+ LLM providers, interactive TUI, and scriptable headless execution for CI.
OgcodeSelf-hosted, open-source AI coding agent that maps codebases, recalls decisions across sessions, and runs locally with any model provider including Ollama.
profclawRun AI agents on your hardware with this open-source engine. 35 model providers, 72 tools, 22 chat services. Three sizes from tiny to full-featured.
AgenvoySelf-hosted AI agent running locally, auto-generates tools, shares via MCP with Claude Code and Codex, keeps data private.
GoGogotA self-hosted AI agent that runs on your server via Telegram, with 34 built-in tools for shell, web, memory, scheduling, and more. Open-source alternative to OpenClaw.

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2 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to Codex CLI are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.

Highest rated: Coddy Agent (186 GitHub stars, MIT license, written in Go), followed by bbarit-oss
Docker: 1 of the top 2 ship an official Docker image
Easiest to set up: bbarit-oss
Recently updated: Coddy Agent 1.3.60 on 2026-10-28

Codex CLI alternatives compared

Project	License	Language	Stars	Docker	Setup	Latest release	Score
Coddy Agent	MIT	Go	186	Yes	Moderate	1.3.602026-10-28	50
bbarit-oss	Other	Rust	149	—	Easy	v0.1.212026-07-21	45