Which public repos are easiest for GPT-5 Codex to work in?
Repos from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, ranked by their GPT-5 Codex score rather than the average across every agent. gitlab-org/cli leads with 97.7.
The methodology lists the weight GPT-5 Codex gives each check and the documentation it comes from.
GPT-5 Codex — Reads AGENTS.md before doing any work per OpenAI's Codex docs. Hierarchical (per-directory) AGENTS.md and AGENTS.override.md are first-class.
| Rank | Repo | Stars | Score | External link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321 | apache/dorisGitHub | 16.1k ★ | open | |
| 322 | laravel/laravelGitHub | 85.1k ★ | open | |
| 323 | apache/arrowGitHub | 17.2k ★ | open | |
| 324 | google/guavaGitHub | 51.9k ★ | open | |
| 325 | netty/nettyGitHub | 35.1k ★ | open | |
| 326 | numpy/numpyGitHub | 33.1k ★ | open | |
| 327 | flutter/samplesGitHub | 19.3k ★ | open | |
| 328 | rrousselGit/riverpodGitHub | 7.4k ★ | open | |
| 329 | fdroid/fdroidclientGitLab | 2.7k ★ | open | |
| 330 | expressjs/expressGitHub | 69.6k ★ | open | |
| 331 | phpstan/phpstanGitHub | 14.1k ★ | open | |
| 332 | rayon-rs/rayonGitHub | 13.4k ★ | open | |
| 333 | seanmonstar/reqwestGitHub | 11.9k ★ | open | |
| 334 | Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPTGitHub | 187.5k ★ | open | |
| 335 | flutter/flutterGitHub | 180k ★ | open | |
| 336 | kicad/code/kicadGitLab | 1.1k ★ | open | |
| 337 | anthropics/claude-codeGitHub | 150.4k ★ | open | |
| 338 | spring-projects/spring-bootGitHub | 81.6k ★ | open | |
| 339 | openssl/opensslGitHub | 30.9k ★ | open | |
| 340 | gnachman/iterm2GitLab | 1.5k ★ | open | |
| 341 | firecrawl/firecrawlGitHub | 190.9k ★ | open | |
| 342 | jekyll/jekyllGitHub | 51.7k ★ | open | |
| 343 | sgl-project/sglangGitHub | 37k ★ | open | |
| 344 | erlang/otpGitHub | 12.4k ★ | open | |
| 345 | openai/openai-cookbookGitHub | 76.6k ★ | open | |
| 346 | redis/redisGitHub | 76.8k ★ | open | |
| 347 | cloudflare/aiGitHub | 1.2k ★ | open | |
| 348 | serde-rs/serdeGitHub | 10.9k ★ | open | |
| 349 | postgres/postgresGitHub | 22.4k ★ | open | |
| 350 | getlago/lagoGitHub | 10.7k ★ | open | |
| 351 | swiftlang/swiftGitHub | 70.5k ★ | open | |
| 352 | dotnet/mauiGitHub | 23.3k ★ | open |
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