OpenAI Codex CLI vs Cursor vs llama.cpp vs Amp

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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Cursor
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llama.cpp
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Amp
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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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor llama.cpp
github.com
llama.cpp is an open-source inference engine that runs large language models and vision-language models on local hardware or in the cloud with minimal setup.
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Competitor Amp
ampcode.com
Amp is a coding agent and development environment for engineers who want agents running independently.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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4.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
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-1.8%
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Global rank web
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#15,584
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Avg. last 3 months
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4.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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57%
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Pages / visit
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2.4
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Visit duration
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1m 36s
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Traffic sources
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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OpenAI Codex CLICursorllama.cppAmp
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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$20per month · free tier available
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Hobby FreeIndividual (Megawatt) $20/moGigawatt CustomTeams Custom+1 more
Capabilities input → output
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CodeImagesText
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Skill level
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
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Large language models
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Llama 3 on mac
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