Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Remote Codex Desktop

Add an HTTP API to Codex Desktop

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Codex in Chrome▲111
Let Codex navigate and automate tasks in your browser
May 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
2
Codex app for Windows▲145
Codex now runs natively on Windows with secure sandbox
Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
3
SuperTurtle▲90
Remote control for Codex, handled from your phone
Mar 2026 · superturtle.dev · its alternatives →
4
Codex Remote▲75
Put Codex or Claude Code on your own cloud machine
24d ago · codexremote.io · its alternatives →
5
CodeX▲56
Light weight code compiler with an API
2021 · codexweb.netlify.app · its alternatives →
6
CodeX-Editor▲125
A web code editor with AI & multi-language support
2025 · x-codex.vercel.app · its alternatives →
7
AgentMicro▲160
Live Codex task status in your macOS menu bar
Aug 2026 · agentmicro.cc · its alternatives →
8
Codex▲247
Discuss and understand your code base from within your IDE
2022 · usecodex.com · its alternatives →
9
Codex Chat▲79
An open-source macOS client for Codex
Mar 2026 · bikrambrar.com · its alternatives →
10
Codex Subagents▲300
Parallel custom agents for complex tasks
Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
11
Remodex▲183
Control Codex on your iPhone
Apr 2026 · remodex.site · its alternatives →
12
AgentAPI – HTTP API for Claude Code, Goose, Aider, and Codex▲163
HTTP API for Claude Code, Goose, Aider, Gemini, Amp, and Codex - coder/agentapi
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
LinkShell▲74
Control your AI terminal sessions from your phone.
Apr 2026 · liutianjie.github.io · its alternatives →
14
CodeX▲124
Build webapps in minutes for completely free
2025 · its alternatives →
15
ShioriCode▲119
Open-source alternative to Codex & Claude Code
May 2026 · shiori.ai · its alternatives →
16
Codex Micro▲265
Tactile controls for your Codex agents
Jul 2026 · openai.com · its alternatives →
17
OpenCode Superapp▲128
The power of Codex with local, self-hosted models and voice
Jul 2026 · opencodesuper.app · its alternatives →
18
Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js▲140
Remote Desktop Protocol for Node.js. Contribute to citronneur/node-rdpjs development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · lc.cx · its alternatives →
19
Codex Plugins▲202
Package Codex skills and app integrations as plugins
Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
20
CodexHarbor▲2
Control Codex on a VPS through direct SSH
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
21
Myrtille▲98
Remote desktop from any browser
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
Developed from my Prison cell: A Libcurl TUI HTTP Client in Rust.▲47
HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
Open Codex – OpenAI Codex CLI with open-source LLMs▲106
Hey HN, I’ve built Open Codex, a fully local, open-source alternative to OpenAI’s Codex CLI. My initial plan was to fork their project and extend it. I even started doing that. But it turned out their code has several leaky abstractions, which made it hard to override core behavior cleanly. Shortly after, OpenAI introduced breaking changes. Maintaining my customizations on top became increasingly difficult. So I rewrote the whole thing from scratch using Python. My version is designed to support local LLMs. Right now, it only works with phi-4-mini (GGUF) via…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Desktui – a remote desktop client for your terminal▲11
A remote desktop for your terminal. Contribute to mishushakov/desktui development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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