Explodex – mod the official Codex app

Codex is OpenAI's official native macOS app that provides a ChatGPT-like interface with system-level shortcuts (e.g., ⌘⇧1 to call the assistant from any app, ⌘⇧⌫ to paste context from the active window). Explodex is an open-source tool that patches the Codex app's binary to unlock hidden or internal-only features: it enables "Code Interpreter" (a sandboxed Python execution environment), DALL·E image generation, Web Browsing mode, GPT-4 Vision, an "upload file" button, and a standalone "Analyze" button that runs code without an explicit chat message. It also adds the ability to attach context from Finder or selected text. Explodex works by modifying Codex's compiled Mach-O binary to re-enable feature flags that OpenAI has disabled in the public release but left present in the code. The tool is written in Swift and has been tested on Codex version 1.09.12; patching requires disabling SIP (System Integrity Protection) because it modifies a signed binary inside the app bundle.