Tech Desk 
Feb 03, 2026
OpenAI has officially launched a new macOS app for Codex, integrating many of the agentic practices that have become popular in the past year.
The company, in a blog post, stated that the Codex app is designed to work with multiple agents in parallel, integrating agent skills and other state-of-the-art workflows. The launch also comes less than two months after the launch of GPT-5.2-Codex, OpenAI’s most powerful coding model, which the company hopes will be enough to tempt over Claude Code users.
"The Codex app changes how software gets built and who can build it, from pairing with a single coding agent on targeted edits to supervising coordinated teams of agents across the full lifecycle of designing, building, shipping, and maintaining software," said OpenAI.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said: "If you really want to do sophisticated work on something complex, 5.2 is the strongest model by far. However, it’s been harder to use, so taking that level of model capability and putting it in a more flexible interface, we think is going to matter quite a bit.”
How does Codex app works?
The Codex app gives a focused space for multi-tasking with agents. Agents run in separate threads organized by projects, so you can seamlessly switch between tasks without losing context.
"The app lets you review the agent’s changes in the thread, comment on the diff, and even open it in your editor to make manual changes.
"It also includes built-in support for worktrees, so multiple agents can work on the same repo without conflicts. Each agent works on an isolated copy of your code, allowing you to explore different paths without needing to track how they impact your codebase," said OpenAI, adding that the app picks up your session history and configuration from the Codex CLI and IDE extension, so you can immediately start using it with your existing projects.
What Codex app offers?
The Codex app includes a library of skills for tools and workflows that have become popular at OpenAI, with a few highlighted below.
- Implement designs: Fetch design context, assets, and screenshots from Figma(opens in a new window) and translate them into production-ready UI code with 1:1 visual parity.
- Manage projects: Triage bugs, track releases, manage team workload, and more in Linear(opens in a new window) to keep projects moving.
- Deploy to the cloud: Have Codex deploy your web app creations to popular cloud hosts like Cloudflare(opens in a new window), Netlify(opens in a new window), Render(opens in a new window), and Vercel(opens in a new window).
- Generate images: Use the image generation skill(opens in a new window) powered by GPT Image to create and edit images to use in websites, UI mockups, product visuals, and game assets.
- Build with OpenAI APIs: Reference up-to-date documentation(opens in a new window) when building with OpenAI APIs.
- Create documents: A set of skills for reading, creating, and editing PDF(opens in a new window), spreadsheet(opens in a new window), and docx(opens in a new window) files with professional formatting and layouts.
Codex app availability
The Codex app is available on macOS. Anyone with a ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu subscription can use Codex across the CLI, web, IDE-extension and app with their ChatGPT login.
Usage is included in ChatGPT subscriptions, with the option to purchase additional credits if needed. For a limited time, Codex will also be available to ChatGPT Free and Go users to help build more with agents.
