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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | different-ai/openworkGitHub | 24.1k ★ | open | |
| 258 | elastic/elasticsearchGitHub | 78.2k ★ | open | |
| 259 | spring-projects/spring-frameworkGitHub | 60.3k ★ | open | |
| 260 | date-fns/date-fnsGitHub | 36.6k ★ | open | |
| 261 | trinodb/trinoGitHub | 13.3k ★ | open | |
| 262 | StarRocks/starrocksGitHub | 12.2k ★ | open | |
| 263 | python/cpythonGitHub | 77.6k ★ | open | |
| 264 | shadcn-ui/uiGitHub | 125.4k ★ | open | |
| 265 | protocolbuffers/protobufGitHub | 72.1k ★ | open | |
| 266 | haskell/cabalGitHub | 1.7k ★ | open | |
| 267 | tailwindlabs/tailwindcssGitHub | 97.9k ★ | open | |
| 268 | drizzle-team/drizzle-ormGitHub | 36k ★ | open | |
| 269 | honojs/honoGitHub | 32.5k ★ | open | |
| 270 | hashicorp/terraformGitHub | 49.9k ★ | open | |
| 271 | bevyengine/bevyGitHub | 48.9k ★ | open | |
| 272 | google-deepmind/mujocoGitHub | 15.6k ★ | open | |
| 273 | rust-lang/cargoGitHub | 15.6k ★ | open | |
| 274 | git/gitGitHub | 63.8k ★ | open | |
| 275 | alacritty/alacrittyGitHub | 65.9k ★ | open | |
| 276 | pointfreeco/swift-composable-architectureGitHub | 15k ★ | open | |
| 277 | snakeyaml/snakeyamlBitbucket | — | open | |
| 278 | openai/codexGitHub | 128.8k ★ | open | |
| 279 | charmbracelet/bubbleteaGitHub | 45.4k ★ | open | |
| 280 | llvm/llvm-projectGitHub | 41k ★ | open | |
| 281 | dagger/daggerGitHub | 16.3k ★ | open | |
| 282 | immich-app/immichGitHub | 116.1k ★ | open | |
| 283 | fmtlib/fmtGitHub | 25.9k ★ | open | |
| 284 | apache/rocketmqGitHub | 22.6k ★ | open | |
| 285 | sidekiq/sidekiqGitHub | 13.6k ★ | open | |
| 286 | livebook-dev/livebookGitHub | 5.9k ★ | open | |
| 287 | veloren/velorenGitLab | 2.4k ★ | open | |
| 288 | championswimmer/TwoFacGitHub | 130 ★ | open |
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