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nukesor/pueue vs openai/codex

openai/codex shows stronger signals overall

As of September 2026, codex shows healthier maintenance signals than pueue. codex rates Healthy overall while pueue rates Mixed. pueue last saw a commit 4 months ago with 5+ active contributors, while codex was committed to today with 33+ active contributors. Both use the Apache-2.0 license. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.

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nukesor/pueue

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

MixedDependency

dependency CVE scan unavailable

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

dependency CVE scan unavailable

  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 87% of recent commits
  • Last commit 1w ago
  • 5 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

openai/codex

Healthy

Healthy across all four use cases

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

HealthyDeploy as-is

No blocking repository-level signals were found; deployment review is still required.

  • Last commit today
  • 33+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 30% of recent commits)
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured
  • Tests present

Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

Signal-by-signal breakdown

pueuecodex
Stars6,196124,784
Last commit4mo agotoday
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Open issues1717,484
Has tests
Has CI
Test coverage86%22%
Dependency CVEsNo CVEsNo CVEs
Architecture gradeA
Cycles0
Bottom-lineMixed signalsHealthy signals

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