License Gate
Keygen validation happens before the local API can launch.
Codex Desktop API
A licensed Windows bridge that turns your local Codex session into a Responses-style API your tools can call without handing OAuth custody to a hosted proxy.
Desktop appLicensed accessBundled Codex skill
Release smoke verifiedLocal-first control plane
Local API
The desktop app exposes the loopback base URL after readiness checks pass.
Skill Installer
The bundled skill teaches Codex how to call the running local API.
How it works
Payment, licensing, and Codex auth each stay in the right place.
The website handles purchase and delivery. The desktop app handles local readiness, license enforcement, and the Responses-style loopback API your apps call.
Stripe handles the subscription
Checkout stays on Stripe. Only the currently open cohort is purchasable, and the site records the grandfathered monthly basis for fulfillment.
Keygen unlocks the desktop app
Fulfillment provisions a license and sends the recovery links, release metadata, and onboarding path by email.
The API runs on the buyer's machine
Codex auth remains local. Your tools call a Responses-style loopback HTTP/SSE API exposed by the desktop app.
Product evidence
A desktop bridge customers can inspect before they buy.
The app surfaces the license gate, local endpoint, Codex readiness, skill target, and logs so customers know exactly what API bridge they are buying.
See setup docsRelease smoke verifiedLocal-first control plane
License Gate
Keygen validation happens before the local API can launch.
Local API
The desktop app exposes the loopback base URL after readiness checks pass.
Skill Installer
The bundled skill teaches Codex how to call the running local API.
Sequential launch pricing
Only the current cohort can be purchased.
Founder 100 is the only cohort open right now. The $5 and $7 cohorts are automatic step-ups, not simultaneous checkout options.
100 spots remain at $3/month. After this cohort fills, new subscribers move to $5/month; earlier subscribers keep their original monthly basis.Paid member count controls the public price. Existing customers keep their purchased monthly basis, including future annual billing eligibility.
Open now at $3/month
Founder 100
The earliest launch cohort with the lowest lifetime monthly price.
$3/ month
- Codex Desktop API license
- Local API and SSE access
- Bundled codexos-api skill
- Grandfathered annual eligibility
Members 1-100. Annual eligibility keeps this monthly basis when annual billing opens.
Unlocks after 100 paid subscribers
Early 500
A low early-access price for builders standardizing on local Codex workflows.
$5/ month
- Codex Desktop API license
- Local API and SSE access
- Manage and resend portal
- Grandfathered annual eligibility
Members 101-500. Annual eligibility keeps this monthly basis when annual billing opens.
Unlocks after 100 paid subscribers
Unlocks after 500 paid subscribers
Launch 1000
The final early launch tier before regular pricing and broader release packaging.
$7/ month
- Codex Desktop API license
- Local API and SSE access
- Release download access
- Grandfathered annual eligibility
Members 501-1,000. Annual eligibility keeps this monthly basis when annual billing opens.
Unlocks after 500 paid subscribers
Privacy boundary
No server-side custody of customer Codex auth.
Codex Desktop API is designed around a loopback API on the buyer's machine. Payment, license state, email delivery, and gated download metadata live in the distribution service. ChatGPT/Codex authentication remains local to the customer device.
Read the onboarding docsSupport
Questions before launch access?
Contact support for purchase recovery, license delivery issues, or setup questions. Do not send Codex tokens, cookies, browser storage, or license keys.
FAQ
Straight answers for the first launch.
Does Codex Desktop API host my Codex account?
No. The first launch path is local-first desktop distribution. Codex auth stays on the buyer's own computer.
Are the early prices grandfathered?
Yes. Only one launch cohort is open at a time: $3 for the first 100 paid subscribers, then $5 until 500, then $7 until 1,000. The server records the purchased tier, monthly amount, cohort cap, and annual-grandfathering metadata for fulfillment and future billing operations.
Where are downloads hosted?
The first launch provider is GitHub Releases behind the gated success and manage flow. Keygen Artifacts and R2 are represented behind the release provider abstraction for a future switch.