Codex Styler 0.1.0-alpha.2 — macOS Apple Silicon Alpha

Codex Styler 0.1.0-alpha.2

This Alpha corrects the first preview's most visible limitation: semantic themes now affect the complete Codex workspace on recognized versions instead of only showing through the sidebar.

Warning

This build is ad-hoc signed but not signed with an Apple Developer ID and not notarized by Apple. On first launch, use Finder's Control-click → Open flow. Do not disable Gatekeeper globally.

Download and install

1. Download Codex-Styler_0.1.0-alpha.2_aarch64-unsigned.dmg.
2. Open the DMG and drag Codex Styler to Applications.
3. In Applications, Control-click Codex Styler, choose Open, then confirm once.
4. Quit an existing Codex session manually before asking Styler to launch a managed session.

Requires macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon. Intel Macs and Windows are not included in this preview.

What changed

• Semantic styling now covers the Codex main surface, header, conversation cards, dialogs, and composer on recognized versions.
• The background and companion use separate click-through runtime layers, so the companion remains visible without blocking Codex controls.
• Quiet Garden now ships an original transparent eight-direction Moss gecko atlas that follows pointer direction.
• Manager styling is now neutral and utility-focused, with system, light, and dark modes.
• Language selection is a dropdown whose first choice follows the system language.
• Theme-index rows are clickable across their full width.
• Local themes can be deleted with confirmation and archive cleanup.
• GitHub documentation now uses an English product screenshot.
• Automatic mode now tries semantic styling first, verifies the live result, and falls back only when an anomaly is detected.
• Compatibility mode keeps styling isolated; Developer mode forces semantic styling for adapter work.
• The custom title bar can be dragged using the native Tauri window API.
• The app, installers, website, and documentation use a new original Codex Styler CS-orbit identity.

Compatibility and verification

The installed Codex Desktop 26.707.91948 application resources were checked for the adapter signatures app-shell-left-panel, main-surface, app-header-tint, and composer-surface-chrome. The earlier 26.707.72221 adapter remains recognized. A new version is not blocked by its version number alone: Automatic mode applies the semantic adapter, verifies its anchors and computed styles, and falls back to the isolated compatibility layer if verification fails.

The complete managed launch → apply → pause → restore release gate still requires a clean secondary device because the development machine is carrying an active Codex work session. This limitation is explicit, and the release remains Alpha.

Verify the checksum from the directory containing the downloaded files:

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt

Verify GitHub build provenance:

gh attestation verify Codex-Styler_0.1.0-alpha.2_aarch64-unsigned.dmg \
  --repo xuhuanstudio/codex-styler

Safety

Codex Styler does not patch app.asar, modify the Codex application bundle, install a proxy, or run a background service. Themes contain local raster assets and JSON only. Choose Restore official or restart Codex to remove the temporary visual runtime.