The Codex app is now on Windows

By OpenAI

Categories: AI, Product

Summary

OpenAI's Codex app is now available on Windows, enabling developers to work across multiple projects with built-in automation and a dedicated UI for Windows app development. The app runs natively using PowerShell, with support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Key Takeaways

  1. The Codex app for Windows runs entirely native using PowerShell inside a dedicated Windows sandbox.
  2. The app includes skills to easily discover and extend Codex's capabilities, as well as automations to have Codex work behind the scenes.
  3. Developers can work on multiple independent tasks within the same project using the app's work trees feature.
  4. The app includes a dedicated Windows UI skill for Windows app developers.
  5. The app supports switching the coding agent and integrated terminal to work inside the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
  6. The Codex app is available for download from the Microsoft Store or OpenAI's website, with support for existing ChatGPT subscriptions or API keys.

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Transcript Excerpt

Our goal is for Codex to be everywhere you build. For many of you, that's Windows. So today, we're bringing the Codex app to Windows. The Codex app lets you work across multiple projects in one central interface. And with the Codex app on Windows, it runs entirely native using PowerShell inside our new dedicated Windows sandbox. We're also adding all of the features people love about the Codex app, including skills to easily discover and extend Codex's capabilities. Automations to have Codex work behind the scenes for you. Work trees to work on multiple independent tasks inside the same project. You can also find some new Windows specific skills in our skill gallery, such as a dedicated Win UI skill for all of you Windows app developers. And for those of you who are preferring to develop t…

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