Let ChatGPT use Codex's local toolbox, then call Codex only when needed.
ChatGPT just started doing Codex's work.
Codexless is simple: give your ChatGPT the Codex toolbox already on your computer and let it get to work.
Set things up, maintain projects, edit files, run commands, inspect web pages — tell ChatGPT what you need. It keeps working on its own; when Codex is actually needed, it can call Codex in.
Fewer unnecessary Codex calls means less Codex usage. Save that quota for the calls that matter. That's the less in Codexless.
No need to decide up front: “ChatGPT for this, Codex for that?”
Curious? Give this repo to the ChatGPT you already use. Ask it whether your machine can run it and what you'll be able to do after setup.
The ChatGPT you're already talking to can work with the local Codex tools that Codexless has actually tested and exposed.
Inspect a project, set up the environment, handle maintenance, edit files, run commands, check the result — and keep going in the same conversation.
Plain English: the step that used to force you over to Codex can now happen right here.
These supported tool actions do not call Codex itself or consume Codex quota.
Project rules, Skills, directory conventions — when Codexless can safely reuse them, it does.
Don't teach the same setup twice. Don't build a second stack.
There is a long-term benefit too: as the Codex toolbox evolves, Codexless does not have to rebuild every useful capability from scratch. New capabilities can come along after they have been re-tested and accepted for the public surface.
From the project README.
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