--- title: I made a tool to customize the background of the Codex app description: A small open-source project lets you swap the background image of the Codex desktop app for any picture you choose. The creator is sharing the GitHub repo and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tool-to-customize-the-background-of-the-codex-app-1qswlyg1h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I made a tool to customize the background of the Codex app | daily.dev og:description: A small open-source project lets you swap the background image of the Codex desktop app for any picture you choose. The creator is sharing the GitHub repo and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tool-to-customize-the-background-of-the-codex-app-1qswlyg1h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1qSwLYg1h.png og:image:alt: I made a tool to customize the background of the Codex app og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I made a tool to customize the background of the Codex app **[F1nn](https://daily.dev/sources/dgc9ssribzgyyxxbvanrd)** · [@f1nnd3v](https://daily.dev/f1nnd3v) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A small open-source project lets you swap the background image of the Codex desktop app for any picture you choose. The creator is sharing the GitHub repo and inviting feedback, bug reports, and contributions from Codex users. ## Content I built a small open-source tool that lets you change the background of the Codex desktop app to any image you want. It is a simple customization project, and I would appreciate feedback, bug reports, or contributions from anyone using Codex. GitHub: [https://github.com/F1nnD3v/change-codex-background](https://github.com/F1nnD3v/change-codex-background) --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#openai-codex](https://daily.dev/tags/openai-codex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tool-to-customize-the-background-of-the-codex-app-1qswlyg1h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tool-to-customize-the-background-of-the-codex-app-1qswlyg1h","headline":"I made a tool to customize the background of the Codex app","text":"A small open-source project lets you swap the background image of the Codex desktop app for any picture you choose. The creator is sharing the GitHub repo and inviting feedback, bug reports, and contributions from Codex users.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-a-tool-to-customize-the-background-of-the-codex-app-1qswlyg1h","datePublished":"2026-07-13T08:49:29.114Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:48:13.154Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"F1nn","url":"https://daily.dev/f1nnd3v","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67049621?v=4","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":125}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Z0aUEoss--/f_auto/v1783932570/posts/1qSwLYg1h?_a=BAMAMicg0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dgc9ssribzgyyxxbvanrd","name":"F1nn"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"F1nn","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dgc9ssribzgyyxxbvanrd"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I made a tool to customize the background of the Codex app"}]} ```