what is codex-app-linux fr?

This project is a small unofficial installer that lets you run OpenAI's Codex desktop app on Linux, even though OpenAI only officially supports macOS and Windows. Codex is an AI coding assistant made by OpenAI, and this repository does not contain that app itself. Instead it contains only scripts and documentation that convert a Mac installer file you already own into something that runs on Ubuntu or Fedora Linux. To use it, you first need to download the official macOS version of the Codex desktop app yourself, since OpenAI's licensing terms mean the author cannot bundle it here. You also need OpenAI's own command line tool installed and signed in with your own account. Once you have both, you run the installer script included in this repository, pointing it at the downloaded Mac file, and it does the rest of the work automatically. Behind the scenes, the installer extracts the app from the Mac file, pulls out its internal packaged code, downloads a matching Linux version of Electron, which is the underlying framework the app runs on, rebuilds a few native pieces so they work correctly on Linux, applies small compatibility fixes for Linux desktop environments, and finally repackages everything into a normal Linux application you can launch from your app menu. The project has been tested specifically on Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora Linux 44, though the documentation includes a wider list of similar distributions that are likely to work but have not been directly verified. There is also a special runbook section written specifically so that an AI agent with terminal access could follow the setup steps automatically. The author is careful to point out security and legal boundaries. The installer refuses to let you accidentally publish sensitive files such as login credentials, extracted app code, or personal data, and includes an audit script to check for that before sharing changes. The project's own MIT license only covers the installer scripts and documentation the author wrote, not OpenAI's actual Codex app, its assets, or trademarks, which remain OpenAI's property.