Ghostex

Ghostex is built for developers who keep many agents alive at once. A chat view for every agent, a native Rust/GPUI shell, embedded Chromium panes, and a mobile app share one workspace, and every session survives restarts.

Features

Also in the box

• Built-in IDE: an optional VS Code editor that loads on demand and sleeps when you are not using it.
• Remote machines: connect another computer with an Easy Connect code or SSH and it shows up in the sidebar.
• Usage and accounts: Claude and Codex limits at a glance, with automatic account switching.
• Worktrees, splits, and spaces: a worktree per task, split panes, Arc-style spaces.
• Automations: scheduled prompts, plus menu bar and sound notifications.
• Optional plugins: browser, Kanban, IDE, Docs, and more load only when you use them. Or write your own.

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Supported agents

Works with any coding agent. Bring the one you already use.

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Install

macOS

brew install ghostex

Or download the app directly:

Windows

Agents run in native PowerShell by default. Prefer Linux? Switch to WSL in Settings > General > Terminal > Windows Environment. Updates arrive automatically.

Linux

# Arch Linux
yay -S ghostex-bin

# Any other x64 distribution: the tarball is a prefix-preserving /opt/ghostex tree
sudo tar -xpf ghostex-*-linux-x64.tar.zst -C /

# No package manager: the AppImage copies itself into ~/.local/share/ghostex/appimage on first start
chmod +x ghostex-*-linux-x64.AppImage && ./ghostex-*-linux-x64.AppImage

ARM64 packages and the ARM64 AppImage are on the release page. To update an AppImage, download the new one and open it. Without FUSE the AppImage says "Cannot mount AppImage": install your distribution's fuse3 package, or start it with --appimage-extract-and-run.

Ghostex offers to install Chromium the first time you open the browser or code editor.

Mobile

The iOS TestFlight runs through the Discord. Post in the iOS channel to get in.

Comparison

Feature	Ghostex	ChatGPT app	cmux
macOS support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows support	Yes	Yes	No
Linux support	Yes	Yes	No
Open source	Yes	-	Yes
Ghostty terminal	Yes	-	Yes
Chromium Browser	Yes	Yes	No
Chat GUI view	Yes	Yes	No
Fully featured IDE	Yes	-	-
Built-in Computer use	Yes	Yes	-
Built-in Browser use	Yes	Yes	Yes
Use any model	Yes	-	Yes
Cross Model Orchestration	Yes	-	Yes
Rich Prompt Editor	Yes	N/A	-
iOS	Yes	Yes	Yes
Android	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automations	Yes	Yes	-

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Community

• Discord: discord.gg/df7b3G92CS for help, TestFlight access, and feature talk.
• Issues: Report a bug or request a feature.
• Contributing: Ghostex moves fast and help is welcome on platform ports, agent integrations, docs, and polish. Start with CONTRIBUTING.md.

Credits

Ghostex builds on open source work from these projects and communities:

• Ghostty and Zed / GPUI for the terminal and the native shell
• CEF for embedded Chromium panes
• Trycua for built-in Computer Use
• VS Code and code-server for the embedded IDE
• Beads by Steve Yegge and Beads Viewer for the Kanban board
• OpenUsage for Claude and Codex usage stats
• Agentation for browser annotation tooling
• cmux for agent hook and notification patterns
• zehn by al3rez for prompt-history search
• vvterm and Termux for mobile terminal components
• Pierre for diff and file rendering components

License

Ghostex is free and open source under the MIT License.