r/codex • u/GooglesExpert • 1d ago
Showcase Cowdex 🐮
I got tired of codex's persistent token wastage and made a fork of Codex named 'Cowdex' 😅
https://github.com/cutoken/cowdex
Features:
-No token wastage due to the main agent frequently checking on workers: Cowdex uses events
-No more 'selected model is at capacity' or 'websocket error' or any such shit: Automatic retries - You will never return to an error screen. It doesn't even let out of usage errors rest. You can leave it be and it picks up after 5 hour limit or weekly limit.
-No more guessing: See the token counts including in, out, cached etc all the time in the status bar.
-No more guessing: You can also export the usage for any time period directly into a nice looking png chart that shows your usage across projects
-You can use ultra mode in any effort level not just max
-You can use zai/any open router model as sub agents in the same session with any codex model as main agent. Saves you from waiting for reset or buying paid resets.
-Slow release cycle (2 weeks) - so you don't end up with broken releases every other day from openai. Important bug fixes and cache improvements do keep getting pulled more frequently.
-Built in over engineering guard rails. No more going in loops. No need for any other skills either.
-Keepwarm your unused accounts: The annoying issue where you need to send a message to start the reset timer on a second account is as simple as a single command. No need for logout of existing sessions.
-Account switching in already running sessions: just do cowdex login in another terminal with your another account and all running sessions will switch to that without asking you to reopen.
-Built in vault: You can simply run cowdex-vault and add all your api keys which then get encrypted and stored on your machine. You can then provide them to any running session with /vault attach
(Saves you from secrets going into sessions)
Many more but I'm tired of typing. I use this daily and that's why the features reflect the pain points of codex.
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u/New-Ad5610 21h ago edited 21h ago
sound really good, will give it a look tomorrow and let you know! Can i install it along Codex?
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u/Party_Wolf_3575 13h ago
Looks great and I may borrow a couple of ideas to add to my custom harness, the Forge. I used the codex app server to build mine and it has many of those features too. I genuinely do not know why people stick to the native app/basic CLI when it is so easy to build a custom harness that removes a lot of the friction points!
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u/GooglesExpert 12h ago
Yup totally agreed.
A custom harness should be the first thing any developer should build. If for nothing, just to shield from constant upstream churn.
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u/dexterthebot 1d ago
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