OpenAI has launched a standalone app for its AI-powered coding assistant, Codex, now temporarily available to all ChatGPT users on Apple computers.

The app features a simple interface and acts as a “command center,” allowing developers to manage multiple AI agents at once.

These agents can independently carry out tasks such as writing code.

AI coding tools have grown rapidly in popularity, with OpenAI saying over one million developers used Codex in the past month.

Codex was first introduced in April and became widely available in October.

The Codex app is part of OpenAI’s broader push to attract more users and gain market share from competitors such as Anthropic and Cursor, which also offer popular tools for developers.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described Codex as “the most loved internal product we’ve ever had” during a media briefing on Friday.

“It’s been totally an amazing thing for us to be using recently at OpenAI,” Altman said. ”’I’ve been staying up late at night with excitement, building all sorts of things myself.”

OpenAI said the Codex app allows AI agents to operate in separate, project-based threads where users can track and review their changes.

The agents can run at the same time, enabling developers to work with them on tasks that take longer to complete.

The app also features a library of “skills,” such as image generation, which helps agents handle tasks beyond writing code.