OpenAI Codex vs Google Antigravity
OpenAI Codex (OpenAI) and Google Antigravity (Google) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | OpenAI Codex | Google Antigravity |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 83 | 48 |
| Overall rank | #1 | #46 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 25.6M | — |
| Downloads, 7-day change | up 5.7% | — |
| Downloads, 30-day change | up 21.2% | — |
| VS Code installs | 15.2M | — |
| Marketplace rating | 2.9 / 5 (725) | — |
| GitHub stars | 128K | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | 93.9K | 1,741 |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 1,782 | 125 |
| Latest stable release | 0.160.1 · yesterday | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | ||
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | 58.2% · v4.0 | — |
| Price | Free + $8/mo | Free + $19.99/mo |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary |
| First released | April 2025 | November 2025 |
| Interfaces | CLI, IDE extension, Desktop, Web, Mobile, SDK | Desktop IDE, Desktop app, CLI, API/SDK |
| Models | OpenAI GPT models (GPT-6 family per current docs) via ChatGPT sign-in or an OpenAI API key | Gemini models (such as Gemini 3.1 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash) plus third-party models; Wikipedia cites Anthropic Claude and OpenAI gpt-oss options. |
Trends
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent, offered as an open-source terminal CLI, an IDE extension, a desktop app and a cloud agent that works on repositories. Users sign in with a ChatGPT account or use an OpenAI API key.
Pricing: Included in ChatGPT plans: Free $0, Go $8/month, Plus $20/month, Pro from $100/month ($100, $200 or $500 tiers), Business $20/user/month billed annually ($25 monthly), Enterprise and Edu by contact. API-key use is billed at API rates (no cloud features).
Latest release 0.160.1:
- Preserve SYSTEMROOT, TEMP, and TMP when launching remote stdio MCP servers with explicitly configured remote environment variables, allowing Unix hosts to retain the Windows executor's startup…
- #51121: Backport Windows remote MCP environment preservation to 0.160.
Google Antigravity
Google's agent-first development platform, introduced as an IDE based on a VS Code fork alongside Gemini 3. Antigravity 2.0 (2026-05-19) added a standalone desktop app for orchestrating parallel agents, next to the IDE, a CLI and an SDK.
Pricing: Individual use is free with basic weekly rate limits; higher limits come with Google AI Pro ($19.99/mo) and Google AI Ultra (from $99.99/mo); Business is sold via Google Cloud from $30/seat/mo with a pay-as-you-go option.