Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Vibe CLI (from Mistral) compared. All support model context protocol (MCP), OpenAI Codex is sandboxed, all except Claude Code are open source (except, not mentioned here, Claude Code's source got leaked accidentally), Gemini CLI and Vibe CLI have a free tier.

https://yaw.sh/blog/ai-cli-tools-claude-code-codex-gemini/

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AI CLI Tools: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI — yaw

A practical guide to the major AI CLI tools and how to set up your terminal for them.

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sandboxed vs open source is a trust tradeoff, not a ranking. open source: audit what it does. sandboxed: limit what it does. which matters depends on whether you trust the model or the runtime.