Registry › Compare › Codex vs Mistral Vibe

Codex vs Mistral Vibe

Both are Grade A and 4.3 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Codex leads on maintenance and adoption; Mistral Vibe leads on supply-chain integrity.

A Codex 89.9

Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

openai/codex · #28 overall · #3 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Codex if maintenance and adoption matter most.

+3.9Maintenance: last push today, against 1d ago
+3.7Adoption: 28.3M weekly downloads against 318.8k

A Mistral Vibe 85.6

Minimal CLI coding agent by Mistral

mistralai/mistral-vibe · #90 overall · #6 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Mistral Vibe if supply-chain integrity matters most.

+3.6Safety / Integrity: 80% of recent commits signed, against 0%

Where they differ

14.9

Safety / IntegrityMistral Vibe +3.6

18.5

13.5

TransparencyCodex +0.2

13.3

20.0

MaintenanceCodex +3.9

16.1

20.0

AdoptionCodex +3.7

16.3

+3.5

Runtime calibrationCodex +0.1

+3.4

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Codex and Mistral Vibe, two Coding Agents projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Codexopenai/codex	Mistral Vibemistralai/mistral-vibe
HVTrust score	89.9	85.6
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#28	#90
Rank in Coding Agents	#3	#6
GitHub stars	132.9k	5.3k
Last updated	today	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	5.9 / 10	5.6 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	28.3M/wk	319k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	14.9	18.5
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.5	13.3
Maintenance / 20	20.0	16.1
Adoption / 20	20.0	16.3
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	1 — OpenAI	1 — Mistral AI
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	extensions	plugins
Provenance drift	Match	Match

Open in the live compare tool → Codex profile Mistral Vibe profile More Coding Agents →

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →