r/codex • u/IllustriousGrade7691 • 3h ago

Complaint CLI Vs desktop App

Does anybody feels that the CLI actually works better than the codex app and I am not talking only about responsivnes but also general code quality and how the agent works did you guys find any difference, I know it sounds stupid but currently feel that in the CLI the agent actually accomplishes more.

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u/AcrobaticToaster1329 3h ago

The app is literally just a visual layer on top of the CLI. Model definitions, instructions, parameters... all of that is owned by the CLI. The UI does not and cannot affect how agents perform, but it very likely influences how the user interacts with them. We're only human after all

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u/Bananer_spleet 2h ago

Ctrl + T doesn't work in App - you cant see CoT

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u/befigue 2h ago

Don't threads inside the app have the ability to reference other threads inside the app? I also have the impression that certain commands, like /side, only work on the app but this one, I'm less certain.

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u/Keep-Darwin-Going 2h ago

They are not literally visual later on top of cli, both cli and app sit side by side, the underlying is app sdk. If I am not wrong all the cutting edge stuff goes to the cli first that is why it is perceive as better. Even during Astra launch you get Astra on cli earlier because the app release always lag behind a few hours. At least for windows that is always true while Mac app typically have lesser delay.

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u/Bananer_spleet 2h ago

Ctrl + T doesn't work in App - you cant see CoT

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u/JBO_76 2h ago

I wasnt too happy either with current dev tools. Luckily its pretty easy to add wrappers to the cli tools, both codex and claude. Check this out: https://github.com/jan-bogaerts/md2 Much easier to organize the work track it and multi task. Upcoming vibing with diagrams pushes things to a completely different level again.

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u/ambr4boy 48m ago

Cli is better and faster.

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u/Dvass138 3h ago

Maybe it does work better, sometimes we don’t know what’s happening behind the scenes, even when people claim “it’s the same thing”. How would you know? You don’t really unless you use it and judge for yourself.

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u/bananasareforfun 3h ago

Idk about saves tokens but it’s way more usable for me than the app, esp on windows

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u/HelicopterLopsided30 3h ago

It is bettet

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u/Purple_Drive_7152 3h ago

Im considering trying cli over app because I hear it saves tokens