Codex CLI Launcher — Run OpenAI Codex in a Side Terminal
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Launch the OpenAI Codex AI coding agent in a side terminal from the VS Code editor toolbar. Unofficial; uses your existing CLI setup on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Tracked since 5 Sept 2026
Daily readings on both stores, taken by us. As of 24 Sept 2026.
Each bar is one day’s change in the store’s own counter. Open VSX counts a download on every update, so a day includes updates by people who already had it. Days before 5 Sept are reconstructed from public archives rather than read by us.
Where Codex CLI Launcher — Run OpenAI Codex in a Side Terminal ranks in search
Positions observed daily on both stores. Neither store publishes this, and the two run separate search engines over separate catalogues.
| Search | Marketplace | Open VSX |
|---|---|---|
| ai | — | #719of 3,210↓1 7d |
| ai agent | — | #64of 3,431 |
16 more searches, day-by-day history, and the extensions ranked above it. See plans | ||
VS Code Marketplace search ranking: measuring jitter and real movement →
- Installs
- 794+5.7% 7d
- Rating
- 5.0from 1 ratings
- Rank in Chat
- #453of 2,087
- Latest
- v0.1.108 Aug 2026
20 releases · first published May 2026
Why the Open VSX download count looks inflated →
- Downloads
- 4,254+2.4% 7d
- Rating
- —from 0 reviews
- Rank in Chat
- #214of 534
- Latest
- v0.1.108 Aug 2026
Downloads count every update, not unique installs.
What the publisher says
Codex CLI Launcher — Run OpenAI Codex in a Side Terminal’s own readme, changelog and license, as published to the VS Code Marketplace.