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.
Supported agents
Works with any coding agent. Bring the one you already use.
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 | - |
Community
Credits
Ghostex builds on open source work from these projects and communities:
License
Ghostex is free and open source under the MIT License.
