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OpenAI launches a Codex desktop app for macOS to manage several coding agents at once
OpenAI released a Codex desktop app for macOS for supervising several coding agents at once, running tasks in parallel and following long-running work. Codex was temporarily included with ChatGPT Free and Go with doubled rate limits on paid plans. A Windows version followed in March 2026. The app is powered by GPT-5.2-Codex and processes prompts up to 400,000 tokens.
- Desktop app for macOS enables directing, supervising and collaborating with multiple agents simultaneously with scheduled background automations
- Powered by GPT-5.2-Codex supporting up to 400,000 tokens (approximately 100,000 lines of code) and over 50 programming languages
- Capabilities include converting Figma designs to code, managing projects through Linear, deploying to cloud platforms, generating documents
- Over one million developers used Codex last month; available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu subscribers with temporary Free/Go access