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Ask HN: Why is Claude Code so much larger than Codex on Mac OS?

VWWHFSfQ Thursday, February 26, 2026

> ==> Fetching downloads for: claude-code and codex

> Cask codex (0.105.0)

> Verified 33.4MB/ 33.4MB

> Cask claude-code (2.1.59)

> Verified 187.1MB/187.1MB

Codex is already humongous for what it is (a CLI/TUI), but somehow Claude Code is more than 5x the size.

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