ilysenko/codex-desktop-linux
Unofficial ChatGPT desktop app for Linux (formerly the Codex app), built locally from OpenAI’s official macOS app. Includes Chat, Work, and Codex. Packages for Debian/Ubuntu (.deb), Fedora/openSUSE (.rpm), Arch (pacman), Nix/NixOS, and AppImage, with Wayland and X11 support.
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Where it stands
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The project lists 164 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #27 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 2, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides an unofficial Linux desktop app for OpenAI Codex by converting the macOS app into a native Electron application with multi-distro packaging.
- Enables seamless local installation and automatic updates on various Linux distributions with native package formats and systemd user service integration.
- Use for running OpenAI Codex on Linux desktops with native app experience and support for Wayland and X11 display servers.
- Use for developers needing a local, auto-updating Codex client integrated into their Linux system package manager and user services.
- Use for Linux users who want to build and customize the Codex app from upstream macOS releases with a reproducible build and update pipeline.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
- No GitHub releases; pin a commit or tag instead of a release.
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From the README
Run OpenAI Codex Desktop on Linux.
The official Codex Desktop app is macOS-only. This project converts the upstream macOS
Codex.dmginto a runnable Linux Electron app, packages it as.deb,.rpm, or pacman artifacts, and includes a local updater that rebuilds future Linux packages from newer upstream DMGs.
codex-update-managercurrent crate version:0.4.2
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+501 stars over 90 days across 13 snapshot days; best day +51 on Aug 7.
Forks
510+76
Open issues
8-4
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| ilysenko/codex-desktop-linux | 3.9K | — | 40 | — |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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