# microsoft/Codex-CLI

CLI tool that uses Codex to turn natural language commands into their Bash/ZShell/PowerShell equivalents

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/Codex-CLI
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/codex-cli
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-01-03T15:06:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1661, "days_push": 973, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2413, forks 225 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:44.497830+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool that uses OpenAI's GPT-3 Codex model to translate natural language commands into Bash, Zsh, or PowerShell commands. Users type an intent, press Ctrl+G, and receive a shell command suggestion idiomatic to their shell.

## Use cases
- convert natural language to bash commands
- find shell command from plain english description
- generate powershell commands from natural language
- use codex in the terminal
- translate what's my ip address into a shell command
- cross-shell natural language command line assistant

## When to choose
- you want natural language to shell command translation across Bash, Zsh, and PowerShell
- you have an OpenAI API key with access to Codex engines
- you want a reference implementation of prompt engineering with Codex

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained product with active feature development - the repo is explicitly a demo, not a released product
- you don't have access to OpenAI Codex engines, which are deprecated
- you need guaranteed-correct commands - the model can make mistakes

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, llm-inference, prompt-engineering, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, artificial-intelligence, large-language-models
- platform: cli, cross-platform, python, windows
- tags: codex, openai, natural-language-to-shell, bash, zsh, powershell, gpt-3, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- microsoft/Codex-CLI (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.497830+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:33:55.937922+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/Codex-CLI (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.497830+00:00, sha a22a356a3703)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.