--- title: OpenAI’s Codex desktop app is all about managing agents description: OpenAI launched a macOS desktop app for Codex, its AI coding agent, shifting focus from terminal-based interaction to managing multiple parallel agents. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-s-codex-desktop-app-is-all-about-managing-agents-qy8esbpyy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI’s Codex desktop app is all about managing agents | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI launched a macOS desktop app for Codex, its AI coding agent, shifting focus from terminal-based interaction to managing multiple parallel agents. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-s-codex-desktop-app-is-all-about-managing-agents-qy8esbpyy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qY8EsbpyY.png og:image:alt: OpenAI’s Codex desktop app is all about managing agents 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. # OpenAI’s Codex desktop app is all about managing agents **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI launched a macOS desktop app for Codex, its AI coding agent, shifting focus from terminal-based interaction to managing multiple parallel agents. The app allows developers to orchestrate complex, long-running tasks across separate threads, with GitHub integration and Git worktree support for parallel work on the same repository. Unlike traditional IDEs, it's designed for supervising autonomous agents rather than direct code editing. The tool extends beyond coding through Agent Skills for automating various workflows. Available to all ChatGPT users, with doubled rate limits for paid tiers during the initial period. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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