OpenAI Codex CLI vs Continue vs LinearB gitStream vs Qwen Code

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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OpenAI Codex CLI
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Continue
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LinearB gitStream
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Qwen Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Competitor Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Competitor LinearB gitStream
linearb.io
LinearB gitStream is a pull request automation and AI code review product from LinearB.
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Competitor Qwen Code
github.com
Qwen Code is an open-source AI coding agent that lives in the terminal and also runs in editors, a desktop app, a Web UI and chat apps.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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410.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
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-24.4%
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Global rank web
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#106,338
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Avg. last 3 months
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539.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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48%
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Pages / visit
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2.4
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Visit duration
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1m 44s
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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OpenAI Codex CLIContinueLinearB gitStreamQwen Code
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Essentials $29/moEnterprise $59/mo
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeImagesText
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
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