Score breakdown
Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.
Why it matters
The official repository provides runnable code, an npm package, container guidance, and documentation for a concrete developer-security workflow rather than only a hosted product announcement.
Who should use it
Who should skip it
Skip openai/codex-security if you cannot isolate its execution environment or audit what data it touches before connecting anything sensitive.
About this signal
openai/codex-security is tracked by RepoRadar as an AI project in the Developer Tools section. It was first seen on 2026-07-31 and last updated on 2026-07-31. The current verdict is 'worth watch' with a Silver tier and Moderate setup difficulty. openai/codex-security leads on momentum (9.2) and workflow potential (9.0); its lowest signal is setup ease (5.5), so factor that in before investing setup time. This page summarizes the evidence RepoRadar captured from https://github.com/openai/codex-security. The score, tier, risk label, and verdict on this page are never influenced by sponsorship, ads, or tips — they reflect only the usefulness, popularity, novelty, momentum, maturity, and evidence signals described in the RepoRadar methodology.
How this item is evaluated
RepoRadar assigned openai/codex-security a composite score of 8.6 out of 10, placing it in the Silver tier. This score combines weighted sub-signals: usefulness (35%), novelty (18%), momentum (14%), maturity (10%), open-source/build quality (7%), evidence quality (6%), workflow potential (6%), and setup ease (4%). Popularity is tracked separately at 100.0 and never affects the composite score or tier. The risk label of 'medium' reflects inherent user-impacting hazards, not generic novelty. Items with no risk flag may still require normal code review before production use.
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Risk explanation
local_file_access; code_execution; credential_access; external_system_modification.