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Dev tools · March 12, 2026

Codex Chat

An open-source macOS client for Codex

Codex Chat launched on March 12, 2026 with 79 votes, #621 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

What it does

Codex Chat is a Swift-native macOS client for Codex with local markdown memory, themes, mods, extensions, and optional phone remote control.

Bikram Brar is an AI product manager and product engineer in San Francisco focused on SaaS, agentic workflows, product strategy, prototyping, metrics, and AI-agent-led iteration.

I spent my early career learning how users move through messy workflows, what breaks, and which metrics matter. Now I lead product teams and AI agents through the same loop: discover the pain, prototype the solution, measure, iterate, and ship. A design canvas for mapping flows, redesigning screens, and handing clean context to Codex. Local-first design canvas for humans and agents. Map real product flows, redesign screens, and hand selected context to Codex. AI reactivation platform that cleans historical customer records, builds a CRM, and calls past customers to recover revenue. macOS SwiftUI Codex client with local history, reusable context, skills, mods, and explicit safety controls.…from bikrambrar.com

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