Codex App
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
3warn against
Feb 3, 2026first mention
Oct 1, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“The desktop app is actually really good (esp on macos).”
switched from Codex CLIon “ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux”
“The computer use is pretty sweet.”
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“so does the Codex app”
Caveats and dissent
“I have been rewriting Codex Desktop in Rust using native desktop APIs (gpui)”
former FaaS platform engineeron “Pi 1.0”
“if you use an API key to access OpenAI models in the Codex Desktop application, you can't access the faster inference.”
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“The new Codex app displays Chat or Code sessions is an absolute disaster.”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux 2 mentions
- Pi 1.0 1 mention
- Codex Blocks Fast Mode with an API Key on Desktop 1 mention
- Zed DeltaDB 1 mention
- Agent-talk: Enabling coding agents to work together 1 mention
- Tell HN: The Codex App is replaced by ChatGPT 1 mention
Also written as Codex App, Codex app. Data: codex-app.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 12
“I have been rewriting Codex Desktop in Rust using native desktop APIs (gpui)”
“if you use an API key to access OpenAI models in the Codex Desktop application, you can't access the faster inference.”
“The desktop app is actually really good (esp on macos).”
“The computer use is pretty sweet.”
“I‘m using pi and the Codex app more for that.”
“so does the Codex app”
“The new Codex app displays Chat or Code sessions is an absolute disaster.”
“Especially with Codex App now, why do I need OpenClaw?”
“OpenAI subscription through their Codex App”
“For all my daily use + Codex Desktop and some local AIs in Ollama/LM Studio”
“Time is split between Codex App (40%), Claude App (30%)”
“Crazy free tier.”