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Codex Multi-Account Desktop Launcher

Run additional Codex Desktop windows on macOS with separate OAuth accounts.

This is an unsupported local workaround. By default it creates a clean isolated<br>Codex home and Chromium profile for the extra account. It does not symlink or<br>share history unless you explicitly opt in.

Quick Start

chmod +x ./codex-multi-account.sh<br>./codex-multi-account.sh

The default secondary account uses:

~/.codex-multi-2

~/Library/Application Support/Codex-Multi-2

After the new Codex window opens, sign in with your second account.

More Accounts

Launch N total accounts, counting your normal Codex app as account 1:

./codex-multi-account.sh --accounts 5

That launches multi-2 through multi-5.

For a named secondary account:

./codex-multi-account.sh --account work

That uses ~/.codex-work and ~/Library/Application Support/Codex-work.

Optional Shared History

By default, every account has separate projects, chats, runtime data, and auth.

To share project/sidebar/chat history from your primary ~/.codex profile:

./codex-multi-account.sh --symlink-history

Auth stays separate. The script automatically detects the current<br>state_*.sqlite file, so rerunning it can relink after Codex changes suffixes<br>such as state_5.sqlite to state_6.sqlite.

Quit Codex windows before changing shared-history links.

Reset

Remove all managed secondary Codex homes and profiles created by this script:

./codex-multi-account.sh --reset

Remove a specific account or account range:

./codex-multi-account.sh --reset --account work<br>./codex-multi-account.sh --reset --accounts 5

Reset refuses to remove your primary ~/.codex, your home directory, or the<br>normal Codex app profile. Quit matching secondary Codex windows before reset.

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