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As explained in https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/8945 and https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/8472, there are legitimate cases where users expect processes spawned by Codex to inherit environment variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` and `DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`, where failing to do so can cause significant performance issues. This PR removes the use of `codex_process_hardening::pre_main_hardening()` in Codex CLI (which was added not in response to a known security issue, but because it seemed like a prudent thing to do from a security perspective: https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/4521), but we will continue to use it in `codex-responses-api-proxy`. At some point, we probably want to introduce a slightly different version of `codex_process_hardening::pre_main_hardening()` in Codex CLI that excludes said environment variables from the Codex process itself, but continues to propagate them to subprocesses.
npm i -g @openai/codex
or brew install --cask codex
Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer.
If you want Codex in your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf), install in your IDE.
If you are looking for the cloud-based agent from OpenAI, Codex Web, go to chatgpt.com/codex.
Quickstart
Installing and running Codex CLI
Install globally with your preferred package manager:
# Install using npm
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Install using Homebrew
brew install --cask codex
Then simply run codex to get started.
You can also go to the latest GitHub Release and download the appropriate binary for your platform.
Each GitHub Release contains many executables, but in practice, you likely want one of these:
- macOS
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
codex-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz - x86_64 (older Mac hardware):
codex-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
- Linux
- x86_64:
codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz - arm64:
codex-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
- x86_64:
Each archive contains a single entry with the platform baked into the name (e.g., codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl), so you likely want to rename it to codex after extracting it.
Using Codex with your ChatGPT plan
Run codex and select Sign in with ChatGPT. We recommend signing into your ChatGPT account to use Codex as part of your Plus, Pro, Team, Edu, or Enterprise plan. Learn more about what's included in your ChatGPT plan.
You can also use Codex with an API key, but this requires additional setup.
Docs
This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.