Codex Apps
Codex Apps is the CodexUse orchestration surface for official Codex app windows. It maps windows and process state to saved profiles, then gives each profile explicit launch, focus, stop, restart, and monitoring controls on macOS.
Use cases
- Open the official Codex app with the right personal, work, or client account.
- Run multiple profile-backed official Codex windows without guessing which account each window uses.
- See which saved profile already has an official Codex app window running.
- Focus, stop, or restart a matched window without guessing which account it belongs to.
- Keep CLI profile switching, Codex app orchestration, and rate-limit headroom in one local desktop app.
Controls
Launch
Start the official Codex app for a selected CodexUse profile.
Focus
Bring the matched official Codex app window forward.
Stop
Stop the matched official Codex app process tree.
Restart
Stop the matched process, then launch a fresh window for that profile.
State shown
Each profile row shows health, running state, uptime, process ID, and app-server process ID when CodexUse can detect them.
Free vs Pro
- Free: orchestrate official Codex windows for up to 2 saved profiles.
- Pro: orchestrate official Codex windows across unlimited saved profiles.
Roadmap boundary
Codex Apps is the base layer for a fuller Codex orchestrator. Today it owns profile-aware window and process control. Auto-handoff between profiles, shared session context, and cross-window task routing are future product directions, not current shipped behavior.
Guardrails
- CodexUse does not create extra Codex quota. It makes accounts, windows, and switching visible.
- Stop and restart act on the matched official Codex app process.
- Finish or save important in-window work before restarting a running Codex app window.
- Codex Apps does not move an active official Codex task between accounts yet.