Codex Mate

Local-first CLI + Web UI that edits your AI tool configs and sessions directly on disk, with built-in usage analytics and safe rollback.

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What Is This?

Codex Mate is a local-first CLI + Web UI for unified management of:

• Codex provider/model switching and config writes
• OpenAI-compatible bridge mode for Codex Responses API conversion
• Claude Code profiles (writes to ~/.claude/settings.json)
• Claude Code CLAUDE.md editing (writes to ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md)
• OpenClaw JSON5 profiles and workspace AGENTS.md
• Local skills market for Codex / Claude Code (target switching, local skills management, cross-app import, ZIP distribution)
• Local Codex/Claude/Gemini CLI/CodeBuddy Code sessions (list/filter/export/delete) with Usage analytics overview
• Plugins (Prompt templates): reusable templates with variables and one-click copy
• Task orchestration: plan/queue/run/review local tasks

It works on local files directly and does not require cloud hosting. The skills market is also local-first: it operates on local directories and does not depend on a remote marketplace.

Comparison

Dimension	Codex Mate	Manual File Editing
Multi-tool management	Codex + Claude Code + OpenClaw in one entry	Different files and folders per tool
Operation mode	CLI + local Web UI	Manual TOML/JSON/JSON5 edits
Session handling	Browse/filter/Usage analytics/export/batch cleanup	Manual file location and processing
Skills reuse	Local skills market + cross-app import + ZIP distribution	Manual folder copy and reconciliation
Operational visibility	Unified view of config, sessions, and Usage summaries	Depends on manual file inspection and scattered commands
Rollback readiness	Backup before first takeover	Easy to overwrite by mistake
Automation integration	MCP stdio (read-only by default)	Requires custom scripting

Core Features

Configuration

• Provider/model switching (switch, use)
• Codex config.toml template confirmation before write
• OpenAI bridge providers: write Codex to a local /bridge/openai/<provider>/v1 endpoint and normalize Responses API requests for OpenAI-compatible upstreams
• Claude Code profile management and apply
• Claude Code CLAUDE.md editing (writes to ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md)
• OpenClaw JSON5 profile management

Session Management

• Unified Codex + Claude + Gemini CLI + CodeBuddy Code session list
• Session locations (local-first, configurable):
  • Codex: ~/.codex/sessions/*.jsonl (or $CODEX_HOME/sessions, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/codex/sessions)
  • Claude: ~/.claude/projects/**/**/*.jsonl (or $CLAUDE_HOME/projects, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/claude/projects)
  • Gemini: ~/.gemini/tmp/*/chats/*.json (or $GEMINI_HOME/tmp, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gemini/tmp)
  • CodeBuddy: ~/.codebuddy/projects/**/**/*.jsonl (or $CODEBUDDY_CODE_HOME_DIR/projects)
• Local session pinning with persistent pinned state and pinned-first ordering
• Keyword/source/cwd/role/time filters, plus shareable filter links
• Copy resume command (Codex/Gemini/CodeBuddy): codex resume <sessionId> / gemini -r <sessionId> / codebuddy -r <sessionId>
• Fast search UX: short-lived query result caching to avoid rescanning on each keystroke
• Usage subview with 7d / 30d session trends, message trends, source share, and top paths
• Markdown export (Web UI + codexmate export-session, supports --session-id or --file)
• Session-level and message-level delete (supports batch), with a local recycle bin for restore/purge
• Large-session preview optimization (fast tail preview path)

Skills Market

• Switch the skills install target between Codex and Claude Code
• Inspect local installed skills, root paths, and status
• Scan importable sources from Codex / Claude Code / Agents
• Support cross-app import, ZIP import/export, and batch delete

Plugins

• Prompt templates: save, edit, and reuse prompts with variables
• Compose + copy workflow for fast prompt iteration (stored locally in browser storage)

Engineering Utilities

• MCP stdio domains (tools, resources, prompts)
• Automation hooks (/hooks/*) + outbound webhook notifiers
• Built-in proxy controls (proxy)
• OpenAI bridge conversion for Codex /v1/responses requests, including upstream /responses preference, /chat/completions fallback, and function-tool normalization
• Auth profile management (auth)
• Zip/unzip utilities

Automation (signal → action)

When running codexmate run, you can accept external webhooks and convert them into queued tasks:

• Webhook entry: POST /hooks/<source> (currently github, gitlab)
• Rule config: ~/.codex/codexmate-automation.json
• Supported action: task.queue.add (optionally startQueue: true)
• Notifications: notifiers[] supports type: "webhook" for Slack/Feishu-style incoming webhooks

Architecture

At a glance (what it does → what you get)

flowchart LR
    subgraph You["You"]
      CLI["CLI"]
      WEB["Web UI"]
      MCP["MCP (stdio)"]
    end

    subgraph Mate["Codex Mate (local control panel)"]
      API["Local HTTP API"]
      CFG["Config management"]
      SESS["Sessions & Usage"]
      SKL["Skills management"]
      PLG["Plugins: Prompt templates"]
    end

    subgraph Files["Local files only (auditable & reversible)"]
      CODEX["~/.codex/*"]
      CLAUDE["~/.claude/settings.json + CLAUDE.md"]
      OPENCLAW["~/.openclaw/*.json5 + ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json + workspace/AGENTS.md"]
      SKILLS["~/.{codex,claude,agents}/skills"]
      STATE["sessions / usage / trash / runs"]
      BROWSER["Browser storage (templates)"]
    end

    CLI --> API
    WEB --> API
    MCP --> API
    WEB --> PLG

    API --> CFG
    API --> SESS
    API --> SKL
    PLG --> BROWSER

    CFG --> CODEX
    CFG --> CLAUDE
    CFG --> OPENCLAW
    SKL --> SKILLS
    SESS --> STATE

Capability → Local target → Outcome

Capability	Local target	What you get
Config management (Codex / Claude / OpenClaw)	~/.codex/*, ~/.claude/settings.json, ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, ~/.openclaw/*	Faster provider/model switching, multi-profile management, safer writes with backups
Sessions & Usage	sessions / usage aggregates / trash	Quickly locate sessions, filter/export, batch cleanup, and view trends
Skills market	~/.{codex,claude,agents}/skills	Local install/import/export (ZIP), cross-app reuse
Plugins (Prompt templates)	Browser storage	Reusable prompt templates with variables and one-click copy
MCP (stdio)	local API + file operations	Integrate with external tools under controllable permissions (read-only by default)

Quick Start

Install from npm

npm install -g codexmate
codexmate setup
codexmate status
codexmate run

Default listen address is 0.0.0.0:3737 for LAN access, and browser auto-open is enabled by default.

Safety note: the unauthenticated management UI is exposed to your current LAN by default. Use trusted networks only; for local-only access, set CODEXMATE_HOST=127.0.0.1 or pass --host 127.0.0.1.

Install Codex CLI / Claude Code CLI (optional)

Codex Mate can pass through to the official CLIs (e.g. codexmate codex ...). Install them first:

# Codex CLI (default)
npm install -g @openai/codex

# Codex CLI on Termux (Android)
npm install -g @mmmbuto/codex-cli-termux@latest

# Claude Code
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

# Gemini CLI
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

# CodeBuddy Code
npm install -g @tencent-ai/codebuddy-code

Run from source

git clone https://github.com/SakuraByteCore/codexmate.git
cd codexmate
npm install
npm start run

Tests / CI (service only)

npm start run --no-browser

Convention: automated tests validate service and API behavior only, without opening browser pages.

Developer helper scripts

npm run reset
npm run reset 79

• npm run reset: reset to default origin/main
• npm run reset 79: sync directly to the latest head snapshot of PR #79
• The script also handles local branch switching, workspace cleanup, untracked file cleanup, and final state validation

Command Reference

Command	Description
codexmate status	Show current config status
codexmate setup	Interactive setup
codexmate list / codexmate models	List providers / models
codexmate switch <provider> / codexmate use <model>	Switch provider / model
codexmate add <name> <URL> [API_KEY] [--bridge openai]	Add provider; --bridge openai creates a local Codex Responses-compatible bridge for OpenAI-style upstreams
codexmate delete <name>	Delete provider
codexmate claude <BaseURL> <API_KEY> [model]	Write Claude Code config
codexmate auth <list|import|switch|delete|status>	Auth profile management
codexmate workflow <list|get|validate|run|runs>	MCP workflow management
codexmate codex [args...] [--follow-up <text> repeatable]	Codex CLI passthrough entrypoint (auto-adds --yolo, supports queued follow-up appends)
codexmate qwen [args...]	Qwen CLI passthrough entrypoint
codexmate run [--host <HOST>] [--no-browser]	Start Web UI
codexmate mcp serve [--read-only|--allow-write]	Start MCP stdio server
codexmate export-session --source <codex|claude|gemini|codebuddy> ...	Export session to Markdown
codexmate zip <path> [--max:0-9] / codexmate unzip <zip> [out]	Zip / unzip
codexmate unzip-ext <zip-dir> [out] [--ext:suffix[,suffix...]] [--no-recursive]	Extract files with target suffixes from ZIP files in a directory (default .json, recursive by default)

Codex Follow-up Append (Optional)

codexmate codex --follow-up "scan repository first" --follow-up "then fix failing tests"
codexmate codex --model gpt-5.3-codex --follow-up "step1" --follow-up "step2"

Note: both --follow-up and --queued-follow-up are accepted and repeatable.

Web UI

Codex Mode

• Provider/model switching
• Model list management
• OpenAI bridge providers for Codex Responses API conversion to OpenAI-compatible upstreams
• ~/.codex/AGENTS.md editing

Claude Code Mode

• Multi-profile management
• Default write to ~/.claude/settings.json
• ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md editing
• Shareable import command copy

OpenClaw Mode

• JSON5 multi-profile management
• Apply to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• Manage ~/.openclaw/workspace/AGENTS.md

Plugins Mode (Prompt Templates)

• Entry: switch to Plugins → Prompt Templates
• Manage custom templates (JSON import/export)
• Variables: in Manage, you can “Add variable” (inserts {{var}}) and fill variable values in the Variables panel
• Generate & copy: after filling variables, copy the final rendered prompt from Preview
• Built-in template: ships a single read-only template for light code-comment polishing

Sessions Mode

• Unified Codex + Claude sessions
• Browser / Usage subview switching
• Local pin/unpin with persistent storage and pinned-first ordering
• Search, filter, export, delete, batch cleanup
• Usage view includes 7d / 30d session trends, message trends, source share, and top paths

Skills Market Tab

• Switch the skills install target between Codex and Claude Code
• Show the current local skills root, installed items, and importable items
• Scan importable sources under Codex / Claude Code / Agents
• Support cross-app import, ZIP import/export, and batch delete

MCP

Transport: stdio

• Default: read-only tools
• Enable writes: --allow-write or CODEXMATE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=1
• Domains: tools, resources, prompts

Examples:

codexmate mcp serve --read-only
codexmate mcp serve --allow-write

Config Files

• ~/.codex/config.toml
• ~/.codex/auth.json
• ~/.codex/models.json
• ~/.codex/provider-current-models.json
• ~/.codex/codexmate-openai-bridge.json
• ~/.claude/settings.json
• ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
• ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/AGENTS.md

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
CODEXMATE_PORT	3737	Web server port
CODEXMATE_HOST	0.0.0.0	Web listen host (set 127.0.0.1 for local-only access)
CODEXMATE_NO_BROWSER	unset	Set 1 to disable browser auto-open
CODEXMATE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE	unset	Set 1 to allow MCP write tools by default
CODEXMATE_FORCE_RESET_EXISTING_CONFIG	0	Set 1 to force bootstrap reset of existing config

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Vue.js 3 (Web UI)
• Native HTTP server
• @iarna/toml, json5

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are accepted.

License

Apache-2.0

Claude Code Mode

• Multi-profile management
• Default write to ~/.claude/settings.json
• ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md editing
• Shareable import command copy

OpenClaw Mode

• JSON5 multi-profile management
• Apply to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• Manage ~/.openclaw/workspace/AGENTS.md

Sessions Mode

• Unified Codex + Claude sessions
• Browser / Usage subview switching
• Local pin/unpin with persistent storage and pinned-first ordering
• Search, filter, export, delete, batch cleanup
• Usage view includes 7d / 30d session trends, message trends, source share, and top paths

Skills Market Tab

• Switch the skills install target between Codex and Claude Code
• Show the current local skills root, installed items, and importable items
• Scan importable sources under Codex / Claude Code / Agents
• Support cross-app import, ZIP import/export, and batch delete

MCP

Transport: stdio

• Default: read-only tools
• Enable writes: --allow-write or CODEXMATE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=1
• Domains: tools, resources, prompts

Examples:

codexmate mcp serve --read-only
codexmate mcp serve --allow-write

Config Files

• ~/.codex/config.toml
• ~/.codex/auth.json
• ~/.codex/models.json
• ~/.codex/provider-current-models.json
• ~/.claude/settings.json
• ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
• ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/AGENTS.md

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
CODEXMATE_PORT	3737	Web server port
CODEXMATE_HOST	0.0.0.0	Web listen host (set 127.0.0.1 for local-only access)
CODEXMATE_NO_BROWSER	unset	Set 1 to disable browser auto-open
CODEXMATE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE	unset	Set 1 to allow MCP write tools by default
CODEXMATE_FORCE_RESET_EXISTING_CONFIG	0	Set 1 to force bootstrap reset of existing config

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Vue.js 3 (Web UI)
• Native HTTP server
• @iarna/toml, json5

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are accepted.

License

Apache-2.0