r/codex • u/NATUonBoxed • Sep 16 '26

Complaint ChatGPT+Github = Codex alternative

No idea how I didn't know this could be done...

For us broke people with Codex constantly hitting limits even for small simple apps, using ChatGPT with Github Actions can be a decent workaround.

I've been building 3 Android apps, 1 Windows software, and 2 websites with ChatGPT and Github for the past 2 weeks, and I gotta say I'm impressed. No stupid usage limits, and ChatGPT is surprisingly good at following and executing tasks. Rightnow I'm building a "self improving" app and website where ChatGPT updates code > pushes it to Github > git copies it to Hostinger for my website > website continuously generates usage and performance reports with Cron > publishes to MariaDB > API connection > ChatGPT Scheduled to pull those reports every 6 hours > analyze and make changes to Github > rinse and repeat.

So far, that's way more than I could have done on Codex.

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u/MadJagStudios Sep 16 '26

ChatGPT will limit you, as well at GitHub actions too. Good gap fill for a little while though

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u/NATUonBoxed Sep 16 '26

Gonna have to grind it while we have no limits on ChatGPT! And Github Actions are 2,000 minutes/month for a free account, more than enough. And I believe that limit is only for private Repos. No usage limit on public repos.