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ghostex
Native workspace for running many coding agents, with desktop and phone apps
- Stars
- 1.6k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- Rust
68 on 1 May 20261,558 on 30 Oct 2026
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Overview
Ghostex is a Rust/GPUI desktop app that wraps coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Gemini CLI in a chat view, terminal, embedded Chromium panes and an optional VS Code editor. Sessions persist across restarts. iOS and Android apps pair through Easy Connect or Tailscale to read transcripts and send prompts, and agents can open and steer other agents through the ghostex command.
Who it is for: Developers running several coding agents at once, on desktop and phone
Strengths
- Works with many agent CLIs: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Gemini, Grok, Cursor, Copilot CLI
- Sessions survive restarts; fuzzy search of all past prompts, also via gx f
- Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, with Android and iOS apps; brew, deb, rpm and AUR packages
- Prompt queueing, worktree per task, split panes, and Markdown/HTML annotations sent back to the agent
Weaknesses
- iOS access is by TestFlight, requested through the project's Discord
- Chromium is installed on first use of the browser or code editor
- Several features depend on third-party parts such as CEF, code-server and Trycua
What it needs
- Needs Chromium (CEF), Agent CLIs such as Claude Code or Codex, Tailscale (optional)
- Models: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Gemini CLI
Quick answers
Is ghostex open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
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