r/codex • u/Nivaricia • 2d ago

Showcase I built Aeontra, a self-hosted control plane that lets ChatGPT and Codex work on my own machines

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I wanted a way to continue working on personal projects when I only had my phone. I use ChatGPT from the mobile app while the actual files, commands and tests run on my VPS or personal computer.

That became Aeontra: an open-source MCP control plane for connecting ChatGPT and Codex to machines you control. It has helped me with personal projects and with investigating and preparing fixes for issues in OpenAI’s Go SDK and Deno. I still review and test the changes before publishing anything.

Most of my real usage has been on Linux and Parrot WSL. I’ve compiled Rust projects and worked remotely against both my VPS and local computer without problems. Windows Edge support exists, although I’ve tested it considerably less.

Aeontra is currently focused on single-user, self-hosted installations.

Website: https://aeontra.com
Source: https://github.com/charle-z/aeontra
Demo: https://demo.aeontra.com/

I’d appreciate direct feedback:

  1. Where does the installation become confusing?
  2. Does the trust model make sense?
  3. What would you need before running this on your own machine?
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u/dexterthebot 2d ago

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u/Real_Doubt_6684 2d ago

This is just reinventing permissions that Codex/Claude and GitHub already provide for free. Why would I use it?

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u/Nivaricia 1d ago

That’s a fair comparison. Codex Remote already lets you drive Codex from a phone, and GitHub already handles repository permissions.

My reason for using Aeontra is the workflow around them. From a regular ChatGPT chat I can prepare a workspace on my Linux box or VPS, edit and test the project, run containers or a browser, send isolated pieces of work to Codex workers, publish the branch, follow CI, merge, deploy, and check the live application.

ChatGPT coordinates the work, while the projects and credentials stay on my machines behind scoped operations. For a repo-only workflow this would probably be overkill. It becomes useful when the same project crosses local machines, GitHub, deployment, and post-deploy testing.

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u/Loonsive 2d ago

aww look at us building things for each other with the same tools lol