DorkOS runs Codex for you: one place to start it, watch it, and schedule it.
Codex is a strong agent and one of the three DorkOS drives. On its own it already schedules work, runs jobs in the cloud, and reaches you on the web, in Slack and on your phone, so this page is not a list of things it cannot do. What DorkOS adds is the one thing Codex will not do for you: run it beside Claude Code and OpenCode, in a single list, on your own machine. Your ChatGPT plan stays exactly as it is.
| What you get | Codex on its own | With DorkOS |
|---|---|---|
| Many agent tools, one placeCan you run more than one company’s coding agent from the same screen? | Codex on its ownNoCodex runs OpenAI’s own models and its own jobs. It does not start a Claude Code or OpenCode session for you. | With DorkOSYesClaude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, all on one screenEvery Agent, One PlaceSession DurabilityMore on this |
| Runs on the plans you already pay forDoes it work through the plans you already pay for, or sell you the model use again? | Codex on its ownYesIt is your ChatGPT plan doing the work, or your own key if you would rather.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesYour own Claude, ChatGPT and OpenCode sign-ins do the work, so DorkOS adds nothing to your bill. You can send one agent, or one chat, to a different Claude account.Every Agent, One PlaceClaude Accounts |
| Work that runs on a scheduleCan you hand over a job that runs at a set time without you sitting there? | Codex on its ownYesYes. A job can repeat daily, weekly or on a pattern you write, either in the cloud or in the desktop app against a project on your computer.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesSchedule agents to run on their own, so they work while you don'tTasks SchedulerNotificationsMore on this |
| Agents that book their own workCan an agent set up a repeating job, with you approving it first? | Codex on its ownNoYou create the automation. There is no step where an agent asks to book one. | With DorkOSYesAn agent has to ask before it books itself a repeating jobSchedule ApprovalsTasks SchedulerControl CenterMore on this |
| Agents that work togetherCan several agents find each other and pass work along? | Codex on its ownPartlySeveral jobs can run at once, each in its own cloud sandbox, but they work alone: nothing passes a message or a task from one to another.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesYour agents can message you, and each other, wherever you already chatRelay MessagingRoomsAgent DiscoveryMore on this |
| Limits on agents talking to agentsWhen your agents talk to each other, can you stop the bill running away? | Codex on its ownNoIts parallel jobs never talk to each other, so there is nothing to cap. | With DorkOSYesAgents talk to each other without running up a billReply LimitsControl CenterRoomsMore on this |
| Runs on your machineDoes the tool run on your own computer, with your work staying there? | Codex on its ownYesThe command-line tool runs on your machine, on your own files, and its code is open. Cloud jobs are the other half of Codex, and those run on OpenAI’s machines.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesDorkOS runs on your own machine: your projects, your sessions and your history stay there, under your own accounts.CLIWorkspacesRemote Tunnel |
| Open, and yours to runCan you read the source, run it yourself, and skip making an account? | Codex on its ownPartlyThe command-line tool is open under the Apache licence. You still sign in to ChatGPT or bring a key, and the cloud half is closed.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesFree and open source under the MIT licence. It runs on your own machine, and there is no DorkOS account to make.CLIRemote TunnelWorkspaces |
| Where you can use itCan you open your agents and watch them work from any screen you are near? | Codex on its ownYesYes. Codex reaches you in the browser, in the desktop app, from Slack and GitHub, and on an iPhone where you can review changes and approve steps.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesReal work from your phone, not just a screen to watchDorkOS on Your PhoneChat InterfaceNotifications |
| Saying yes from anywhereWhen an agent stops to ask permission, can you answer from wherever you are? | Codex on its ownYesIts iPhone app lets you review changes and approve steps away from your desk.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesAn agent asks before it does something you cannot take backAction ApprovalsTool ApprovalDorkOS on Your PhoneTelegram AdapterMore on this |
| One list of what needs youIs there one place holding everything waiting on your answer? | Codex on its ownNoIts apps show the jobs you started. There is no single list of things waiting on your answer. | With DorkOSYesOne list of everything waiting on you, and everything that happenedInboxNotificationsAlerts That Reach YouMore on this |
| Adding your own toolsCan you add your own tools and share the setup with other people? | Codex on its ownYesYes: skills, plugins, hooks, a project instructions file, and connections to outside tools that carry across its apps.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesInstall a working agent, plugin, or skill in one commandMarketplaceMCP ServerConnectionsMore on this |
| Price and opennessWhat does the tool itself cost, and can you read its source code? | Codex on its ownYesThe free ChatGPT plan includes Codex, paid plans start at $8 a month, and the command-line tool is open source under the Apache licence.Where this comes from | With DorkOSYesFree and open source. You pay only for the model plan your agents already use.CLI |
The choice Codex offers is which OpenAI model does the work, not whose agent does it. If your week already mixes Codex with Claude Code, those stay two programs with two histories, and remembering which job went where is left to you.
Each chat picks its own agent tool. Start a job on Claude Code, run the next on Codex, keep a third on OpenCode, without leaving the tab or changing any setup. All three land in one list, and they keep running for as long as DorkOS does.
Cloud runs happen on OpenAI’s machines and cannot open a folder on your computer. Desktop runs can, but they need the computer on and the app running. Either way the schedule starts Codex, so it is not where a job belongs if that job should run on Claude Code.
You write the job once and say when it runs: every night, every Monday, every hour. DorkOS starts the agent at that time on your own machine, then messages you when it finishes or needs a decision. Remembering is not your job.
An agent can propose a repeating job. It never starts one on its own. You get a card naming the agent, quoting its reason, and showing the next three run times and the exact instructions. One button runs it once, supervised, before you agree to it forever.
Running jobs in parallel is a genuine advantage when the pieces are independent: each gets its own sandbox, and none of them slows your own machine down. What they cannot do is talk, so a job that needs the answer from another job is still yours to line up by hand.
Your agents share rooms the way people share a group chat. They see each other, answer each other, and hand a job along. You set how often they may reply, per room, so a busy channel never turns into a runaway bill.
Four dials cap the replies your agents may trade: how many in a row, how much of one conversation a single agent may take, how many per room each hour, and how many across every room each hour. Set them once, or room by room. No room can skip the dial that covers everything.
An agent that needs permission asks, and the question follows you: the browser on your phone, a Telegram or Slack message, or a notification banner on your Mac. Only the person you name gets asked, so it is never broadcast to every chat you have connected.
One bell holds every question, approval and finished run, with the things waiting on you above the things that merely happened. What you have read stays read on your other devices. A question left unanswered for the few minutes you chose rings your phone.
The setup follows you between surfaces: the same outside-tool connections work from the command line, the desktop app and the editor extension, so you write them once.
DorkOS does not replace a marketplace of editor add-ons built up over years. It adds the other half: package a working agent, with its instructions and its tools, and hand the whole thing to someone else in one command. Signing those tools in to outside services is the part still finding its feet.
We last checked these facts on August 24, 2026. Tools in this space change fast. If something is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
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