wsp vs Codex cloud
Codex cloud runs on OpenAI's VM with your repo. wsp runs Codex on computers you own, with your setup on them.
| Codex cloud | wsp | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs agents on | OpenAI's VM | Computers you own |
| Another computer | No | Yes, over ssh or dialing out |
| What that computer has when the agent starts | Repo skills and AGENTS.md | Your setup, agents signed in |
| Where your keys and sign-ins live | OpenAI's servers | Your computers, none on ours |
| Which agents | Codex | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor |
| Platforms | Web, desktop, CLI, IDE, iOS | macOS, Linux |
| Price | In Plus, $20/mo, and up | Free |
| Source code | Closed; CLI Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
Which to pick.
What Codex cloud does well
Codex cloud needs no computer of your own. It starts from the web, desktop, CLI, IDE or iOS, inside the Plus plan and up, and its CLI is open source under Apache-2.0.
When wsp fits better
wsp fits when you already have another computer, a server you rent or an old laptop, and want your agents on it signed in, with your MCP servers, CLIs and skills. Codex cloud says "personal skills from your local computer aren't synced". wsp also runs Claude Code, OpenCode and Cursor beside Codex.
What wsp does not do yet.
- Your phone
- Codex cloud runs from iOS. wsp has no phone app.
- No computer of your own
- Codex cloud runs agents on OpenAI's machines, in the plan you pay for. wsp needs a computer you own for every agent.
- Teammates
- OpenAI sells plans for teams. wsp is for one person.
Sources, read 2026-10-09
- learn.chatgpt.com/docs/cloud
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/skills/wsp/SKILL.md#L8
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/AGENTS.md#L77
- learn.chatgpt.com/docs/environments/cloud-environments
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/skills/wsp/SKILL.md#L71
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/skills/wsp/SKILL.md#L154
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/apps/web/src/settings/add/addFlow.ts#L43-L50
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/apps/www/src/pages/legal.tsx#L33
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/apps/www/src/pages/legal.tsx#L62
- learn.chatgpt.com/docs/models
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/packages/catalog/src/thread-agents.ts#L9
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/.github/workflows/release.yml#L3-L5
- learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/apps/www/src/sections/close.tsx#L13
- learn.chatgpt.com/docs/open-source
- github.com/wsp-labs/wsp/LICENSE
Try it on a computer you own.
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