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Codex Web GPT 1.0.0 — Native desktop launcher

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Codex Web GPT 1.0.0

Codex Web GPT launcher

Codex Web GPT launcher

Hey everyone — thank you so much for the stars.

For the last three days I have been building the launcher so Codex Web GPT is genuinely easy to install and use, not merely technically possible.

Before this release, a complete setup took around 15 minutes and several manual terminal steps. With the launcher, it takes about two minutes and a few clicks. Installing the launcher itself takes one command.

What changed

  • Native desktop launcher for macOS, Windows, and Linux
  • Embedded ChatGPT browser, so login and every Web model turn stay in one visible place
  • Guided Codex and optional MCP setup with short video instructions
  • Structured runtime logs and clear errors
  • Automatic local runtime and tunnel supervision
  • The original Codex model catalog and harness remain intact
  • ChatGPT Web tiers, including Pro when your account provides it, appear natively in Codex

The old version launched a separate Playwright browser that was harder to observe and easier to break. The new launcher owns the browser surface, setup, logs, and runtime lifecycle in one app. ChatGPT Web now feels like a native Codex model instead of a bridge glued onto the side.

Tool-capable ChatGPT tiers can use the complete Codex harness through the optional MCP connector. ChatGPT Pro retains its ChatGPT-native capabilities, but it cannot currently initiate local MCP calls; you can collect local context with a tool-capable tier and then switch to Pro.

This is not OpenCodex

OpenCodex is a broad router for many third-party model providers. Codex Web GPT is deliberately focused: it makes the ChatGPT Web tiers already included in your ChatGPT subscription available inside the original Codex harness, with local Codex task history, context, compaction, streaming, images, approvals, and optional MCP tools.

Tested

The launcher was manually tested on Windows 11 and macOS, including real 48,000-character tool-capable turns. The release pipeline also builds and smoke-tests Linux, but I do not own a Linux machine yet, so real Linux reports are especially welcome.

What comes next

Stability comes first. Please open an issue if anything behaves incorrectly — I am taking this project seriously and will keep maintaining it.

After stabilization, I plan to explore support for other providers such as Gemini. I will also keep working on the ChatGPT Pro tool story: either native MCP support if the product allows it, or a clean way to compensate for that limitation without degrading the Codex experience.

I believe useful AI should be available to as many people as possible. If you already pay for ChatGPT and use the services included in your subscription within the applicable rules, you should be able to use that access in the workflow that helps you most. This project makes that workflow as convenient and native as possible.

Contributions, issues, and forks are welcome. If this project helps you, I would really appreciate a star.

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