Keep Codex. Add a team that runs it.

Codex becomes one bot on your team. Murage runs the official Codex under a Chief of Staff, next to Claude Code, Hermes and other engines, with memory and approvals on your computer.

Murage runs this engine as a bot on your team. It’s a separate product, not a partnership.

The short answer

Keep your ChatGPT plan. Murage puts the official Codex CLI you sign in to yourself on the same team as Claude Code.

Which should you choose?

Murage runs the team

Murage

Open source
On your computer
The AI you choose

Who does the work: A Chief of Staff and a team

Codex (ChatGPT Work) runs this bot

Codex (ChatGPT Work)

Free tier; Plus $20 a month
Your computer and OpenAI’s cloud
OpenAI models by default

Who does the work: Subagents and custom agents

Download Murage

Checked October 2026 (October 9, 2026) against OpenAI’s Codex docs, pricing and changelog, and the Codex repository. “Reported” marks press rather than OpenAI’s own pages.

Murage sits above Codex.

You talk to one Chief of Staff. It builds the team, and each bot runs the engine that suits its job, on the plan or key you already have. An engine is the AI that does a bot’s thinking. To run teams and use tools, pick a tool-capable one: the built-in Fuigo engine with a supported model, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes. A plain OpenAI-compatible endpoint works for chat and drafting only. Portraits made with Murage’s own avatar generator. See every engine

Codex (ChatGPT Work) runs inside Murage, as a bot’s engine

Keep Codex. Murage makes it a whole team.

Murage runs the official Codex CLI, which you install and sign in to yourself, as the engine (the AI that does a bot’s thinking) under any bot. If it isn’t installed yet, its card installs it in one press. Your Chief of Staff builds the team, and other bots on it can run Claude Code, Hermes or anything else.

What Murage adds on top

A Chief of Staff that takes the brief, plans the job and hands out the work
Teams of named bots, each with its own face, voice, personality and memory on your computer
1,600+ apps (Gmail, Slack, Notion, GitHub) through Flux Router credits or your own connected-apps key
Voice calls with any bot. Your Chief sends voice notes to Telegram, Slack, Discord and WhatsApp when you ask, and on WhatsApp it hears yours
Swap engines whenever you like. Your team, memory and approvals stay put

Why Murage is open source Every engine Murage runs

At a glance.

Ten things buyers weigh up, including the ones where they’re ahead.

What matters

Murage

Codex (ChatGPT Work)

The app needs no extra subscription
It runs on the AI plan or key you already have
Yes
Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is optional and paid
Source
Partly
A Free tier and an $8 Go plan include Codex; Plus is $20 a month
Source
You choose which AI company does the work
Per bot or per task, from different vendors
Yes
Per bot: Fuigo, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, a local model and more
Partly
OpenAI’s models by default; you can add other providers, including local ones
Source
Named agents that keep their memory
A standing team that lasts beyond one task
Yes
Named bots, each with its own memory, kept on your computer
Partly
Subagents in parallel, plus custom agents you define in files
Source
Asks before acting outside, by default
Messaging someone new, posting, paying, deleting
Yes
New bots start on Ask; on Full access the stop line judges what each engine asks
Source
Partly
Auto, Read-only and Full access presets; network access off by default
Memory stored on your computer
Not in a vendor’s cloud
Yes
Memory, files and chats on your computer
Partly
Codex memories, CLI settings and custom agents are local files; ChatGPT keeps its own memory in your account
Source
Open source
A license you can read
Yes
AGPL-3.0
Source
Partly
The CLI is Apache-2.0; the app is closed
Source
Reach it from your phone
Briefs and approvals away from the desk
Yes
An iPhone and Android app, plus your Chief in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp
Yes
An iOS app
Source
Keeps working with your computer off, today
Hosted or on a server
Yes
On any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will run one for you
Yes
Cloud tasks, and event triggers on eligible plans
Source
Native phone app
An iOS or Android app, not a web app or chat bot
Yes
iPhone and Android
Yes
An iOS app
Source
SOC 2 report
What a procurement team will ask for
No
No SOC 2 report
Yes
OpenAI publishes a SOC 2 report

Each of Codex (ChatGPT Work)’s marks links the page it comes from, checked October 9, 2026. “Not stated” means we couldn’t find it on the page named, not that it’s missing.

What a year costs.

The Murage app is

Open source

Your ChatGPT Plus plan costs $240 a year either way. Murage adds nothing to that bill, and gives you a Chief of Staff and a team.

A year, one person, entry plan

Codex (ChatGPT Work) on its own · ChatGPT Plus, for full access$240

ChatGPT Plus with Murage · same plan, plus a team$240 + the Murage app

There is a limited Free tier and an $8 Go plan. Murage runs the official Codex CLI you install and sign in to yourself, so what you pay for Codex doesn’t change. Murage runs it the way you’ve set it up, so that cost stays the same. Prices from official pricing pages, billed monthly, checked October 9, 2026.

Where your work lives.

Murage

Your computer

MemoryFilesChats

Your memory, files and chats are stored on your computer. What a bot sends to your AI, and to any app or service you connect, goes to them.

Codex (ChatGPT Work)

You

Files

Their cloud

MemoryChats

Your files can stay in your folders; memory and cloud tasks live on their servers.

Who does the work.

You brief one Chief of Staff. It builds a team of specialists for the job, and the team keeps its memory for next time. You can put a reviewer on any team to check work before it reaches you. Portraits made with Murage’s own avatar generator.

Codex (ChatGPT Work)

It runs subagents in parallel, and you can define custom agents in files, each with its own model.

What Murage adds for a Codex (ChatGPT Work) user.

The brief

“Go through my inbox before I get in. Draft replies in my voice. Send nothing.”

What came back

Twelve emails came in. The team drafted eight replies, set four aside, and left two questions only the owner could answer. Nothing was sent.

Needs from you, in the team’s own report

Dana Brooks, Acme Studio · RenewalThe prior contract terms
Jordan Lee, Brightline Design · Pricing for 20 seatsThe per-seat price, and whether we offer a pilot
Priya S. · Export to PDF?Confirm the exact steps
Ben C. · Refund requestMoney. Check the billing record first

Replay of a real run on demo data. The company is made up. Engine: Flux Auto, worked 1m 41s. Watch the run

Codex, plus every other engine

Any bot can run the official Codex CLI you install and sign in to. Other bots on the same team can run Fuigo, Claude Code, Hermes, Grok Build or an API key.

A standing team above it

A Murage team stays on the job: named bots with their own roles, faces and memory, run by one Chief of Staff you brief in plain English.

Memory on your computer

Your team’s memory is stored on your machine, readable and editable.

1,600+ apps and a stop line

Your bots work in Gmail, Slack, Notion and more. New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. On Hermes and other ACP engines, Ask and the stop line cover only what the engine asks Murage about.

Open source, all of it

The whole Murage app is AGPL-3.0 and costs nothing. With Codex, the CLI is open source and the app is not.

Same bot, on any engine

Switch a bot to a different AI engine and it is still the same bot. Continuity carries who it is to you, how you work together and what it has committed to into every conversation, and only you can change it.

Where Codex (ChatGPT Work) is ahead.

Fair’s fair. If one of these matters most to you, it may be the better choice today.

1
A free way in
A Free tier and an $8 Go plan both include Codex.
2
Cloud tasks and triggers
Cloud tasks keep running with the laptop closed, and event triggers can start them on eligible plans.
3
Enterprise compliance
OpenAI publishes a SOC 2 report. Murage has no SOC 2 report yet.

Which should you choose?

Keep your ChatGPT plan. Murage puts the official Codex CLI you sign in to yourself on the same team as Claude Code.

Choose Murage if

You want Codex and Claude Code on one team, each on the work it’s best at
You want named bots that keep a job and its memory on your computer between sessions, and keep both when you swap engines
You want asking first to be the default
You want everyone on your staff to have it, with no Murage seat fees

Download Murage

Choose Codex (ChatGPT Work) if

You want tasks that keep running in OpenAI’s cloud with your laptop closed, today
You want a free way in (Codex is on the Free and $8 Go plans)
Your company standardizes on OpenAI

Still deciding? Read how we check that a job is finished, then try one of your own.

Every detail.

Getting in

Price to start
MurageOpen source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Free tier; Go $8 and Plus $20 a month; Pro from $100; Business $20 a user billed annually. An API key pays per use
Install
MurageDownload Murage. Pick Codex for a bot and choose Install Codex; Murage installs the official Codex CLI, checks it runs and only then switches to it
Codex (ChatGPT Work)The Codex CLI (curl installer, PowerShell, npm or Homebrew), the desktop app, an IDE extension or the web
Account needed
MurageYour own Codex sign-in, done by you in the official CLI. Murage adds no fee
Codex (ChatGPT Work)A ChatGPT account on a Free or paid plan, or an API key

Where it runs

Runs on
MurageOn your computer
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Your computer in the desktop app, CLI or IDE, plus OpenAI’s cloud for cloud tasks
Keeps working with your laptop closed
MurageYes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Yes, for cloud tasks and team tasks. Scheduled tasks that use local files need your computer on and the app running
Platforms
MurageMac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus web, a mobile app and a CLI
Network access for a task
MurageYou set each bot’s access, and the stop line covers outside actions
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Off by default in the Codex sandbox; you turn it on per workspace

Brains

Engines
MurageThe engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys
Codex (ChatGPT Work)OpenAI’s models by default. Other providers can be added in config, including local ones through Ollama and LM Studio
Mix engines on one team
MurageYes: Codex on the bots that suit it, Fuigo, Claude Code, Hermes or a local model on the rest
Codex (ChatGPT Work)One agent per task; you pick the model and provider in config
Pick the model per helper
MurageChoose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Each custom agent can set its own model and reasoning effort
Usage
MurageNothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead
Codex (ChatGPT Work)An allowance per plan in five-hour windows, then optional credits. Cloud tasks use more

The team

Who leads
MurageEmber, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job
Codex (ChatGPT Work)You, with Codex spawning subagents when you ask
Helpers that last
MurageNamed bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Custom agents you define as TOML files, with built-in default, worker and explorer agents
Several agents at once
MurageA team of bots on a project board, across engines
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Subagents run in parallel threads; OpenAI notes that agents editing code at once can create conflicts
Projects with boards
MurageYes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Not described in the docs checked

Hands

Apps
Murage1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Plugins, MCP servers and skills; cloud integrations on paid plans
Your own signed-in browser
MurageMurage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share
Codex (ChatGPT Work)A built-in browser and computer use in the ChatGPT desktop app (reported)
Work beyond code
Murage79 ready-made teams for sales, ops, research and more, each bot with its own role
Codex (ChatGPT Work)ChatGPT Work, launched July 9, 2026 (reported), handles tasks across apps and files in the same app
Memory
MurageDesktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Local Codex memories are files under ~/.codex, off by default. ChatGPT keeps its own separate memory

Control

Asks before acting
MurageNew bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Auto preset works in your folder and asks before going outside it or using the network. Read-only and full-access modes are also offered
Tools you add
MurageOn Codex bots the stop line also covers tools from MCP servers you add
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Approval prompts and sandbox settings per workspace
Lessons you can see, edit and undo
MurageYes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Memories are generated files; OpenAI advises against editing them by hand
Open source
MurageYes, AGPL-3.0
Codex (ChatGPT Work)The Codex CLI is open source (Apache-2.0); the apps are not

Your data

Where memory lives
MurageDesktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Codex memories on your computer; ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work use your account and workspace memory settings
How it signs in
MurageYou sign in to the official Codex CLI yourself; the sign-in stays with Codex
Codex (ChatGPT Work)ChatGPT account sign-in (recommended) or an API key

Reach

Chat apps
MurageMessage your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Scheduled tasks can start from new Gmail, Slack or GitHub activity on eligible plans, on web and mobile
Voice
MurageCall any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Desktop voice at $0.05 a minute on Plus and Pro
Phone
MurageiPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team
Codex (ChatGPT Work)The ChatGPT mobile app, with Codex tasks, approvals and widgets on iOS
For your staff
MurageEach person runs Murage on their own computer; export a team and everyone imports it, with no Murage seat fees
Codex (ChatGPT Work)Business and Enterprise plans with admin controls

Question	Murage	Codex (ChatGPT Work)
Getting in
Price to start	Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service	Free tier; Go $8 and Plus $20 a month; Pro from $100; Business $20 a user billed annually. An API key pays per use
Install	Download Murage. Pick Codex for a bot and choose Install Codex; Murage installs the official Codex CLI, checks it runs and only then switches to it	The Codex CLI (curl installer, PowerShell, npm or Homebrew), the desktop app, an IDE extension or the web
Account needed	Your own Codex sign-in, done by you in the official CLI. Murage adds no fee	A ChatGPT account on a Free or paid plan, or an API key
Where it runs
Runs on	On your computer	Your computer in the desktop app, CLI or IDE, plus OpenAI’s cloud for cloud tasks
Keeps working with your laptop closed	Yes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you	Yes, for cloud tasks and team tasks. Scheduled tasks that use local files need your computer on and the app running
Platforms	Mac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone	Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus web, a mobile app and a CLI
Network access for a task	You set each bot’s access, and the stop line covers outside actions	Off by default in the Codex sandbox; you turn it on per workspace
Brains
Engines	The engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys	OpenAI’s models by default. Other providers can be added in config, including local ones through Ollama and LM Studio
Mix engines on one team	Yes: Codex on the bots that suit it, Fuigo, Claude Code, Hermes or a local model on the rest	One agent per task; you pick the model and provider in config
Pick the model per helper	Choose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put	Each custom agent can set its own model and reasoning effort
Usage	Nothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead	An allowance per plan in five-hour windows, then optional credits. Cloud tasks use more
The team
Who leads	Ember, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job	You, with Codex spawning subagents when you ask
Helpers that last	Named bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines	Custom agents you define as TOML files, with built-in default, worker and explorer agents
Several agents at once	A team of bots on a project board, across engines	Subagents run in parallel threads; OpenAI notes that agents editing code at once can create conflicts
Projects with boards	Yes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done	Not described in the docs checked
Hands
Apps	1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP	Plugins, MCP servers and skills; cloud integrations on paid plans
Your own signed-in browser	Murage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share	A built-in browser and computer use in the ChatGPT desktop app (reported)
Work beyond code	79 ready-made teams for sales, ops, research and more, each bot with its own role	ChatGPT Work, launched July 9, 2026 (reported), handles tasks across apps and files in the same app
Memory	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Local Codex memories are files under ~/.codex, off by default. ChatGPT keeps its own separate memory
Control
Asks before acting	New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.	Auto preset works in your folder and asks before going outside it or using the network. Read-only and full-access modes are also offered
Tools you add	On Codex bots the stop line also covers tools from MCP servers you add	Approval prompts and sandbox settings per workspace
Lessons you can see, edit and undo	Yes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it	Memories are generated files; OpenAI advises against editing them by hand
Open source	Yes, AGPL-3.0	The Codex CLI is open source (Apache-2.0); the apps are not
Your data
Where memory lives	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Codex memories on your computer; ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work use your account and workspace memory settings
How it signs in	You sign in to the official Codex CLI yourself; the sign-in stays with Codex	ChatGPT account sign-in (recommended) or an API key
Reach
Chat apps	Message your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp	Scheduled tasks can start from new Gmail, Slack or GitHub activity on eligible plans, on web and mobile
Voice	Call any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own	Desktop voice at $0.05 a minute on Plus and Pro
Phone	iPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team	The ChatGPT mobile app, with Codex tasks, approvals and widgets on iOS
For your staff	Each person runs Murage on their own computer; export a team and everyone imports it, with no Murage seat fees	Business and Enterprise plans with admin controls

Same job, both ways.

Five real jobs, walked through with Murage and with Codex (ChatGPT Work).

1
Review a pull request and fix what you find
With Murage
Tell Ember. A Codex bot reviews the change in your repo folder and a Claude Code bot makes the fixes, on one project board. New bots ask before they act.
With Codex (ChatGPT Work)
Codex reviews in the app, CLI or IDE and can make the fixes itself, with approval prompts in Auto mode.
2
Answer new leads and chase an unpaid invoice
With Murage
Ember sends a sales bot through your connected mail and CRM and a finance bot after the invoice. Each drafts, and new bots ask before they message anyone.
With Codex (ChatGPT Work)
ChatGPT Work covers tasks across connected apps and files inside the same app, on the same usage limits.
3
Run a report every morning
With Murage
Set a routine on a bot and it runs while your computer is on. Murage Cloud (coming soon) runs your team with your computer off.
With Codex (ChatGPT Work)
Scheduled tasks run on a schedule or on Gmail, Slack or GitHub activity; cloud and team tasks run with your laptop closed, local ones need the app running.
4
Try two engines on the same job
With Murage
Put the job on a Codex bot and a Claude Code bot, compare the results and keep the better one. Swapping a bot’s engine later keeps its memory and routines.
With Codex (ChatGPT Work)
Codex can run subagents in parallel, on OpenAI models by default or on providers you add in config.
5
Approve something while you’re away
With Murage
A bot pauses at the stop line, the iPhone or Android app shows the ask, and you answer yes or no.
With Codex (ChatGPT Work)
The ChatGPT iOS app shows Codex tasks with an approval picker.

Already using Codex: your first day with Murage

Keep Codex and your plan. Murage runs the official Codex CLI under your bots, so you start next to it and move jobs over one at a time.

1
Install Murage on your Mac, Windows or Linux computer.
2
Open Settings, then Engines, find Codex and choose Install Codex. It installs in one press, then choose Sign in to Codex.
3
Meet Ember, your Chief of Staff, and describe a job you run in Codex today.
4
Put the coding on a Codex bot and the research, writing and follow-up on bots with the engine that suits each.
5
Keep ChatGPT for what it does best; Murage adds no fee on top of your plan.

Questions about Murage and Codex (ChatGPT Work).

Does Murage replace Codex?

No, it runs it. Codex is the official Codex CLI you install and sign in to yourself, and Murage adds a Chief of Staff, a team, memory and approvals on top.

How does Murage sign in to Codex?

It doesn’t. Murage uses the official Codex CLI you install and sign in to yourself. The sign-in stays with Codex, and Murage adds no fee.

Can I switch engines later?

Yes. A bot’s engine is a setting you can change at any time. Its memory, skills, routines and approvals live in Murage, not in the engine, so they stay put when you switch.

Can my staff use it too?

Yes. Each person runs Murage on their own computer, with their own AI sign-in. Build a team once, export it, and everyone imports the same bots, skills and routines; logins never travel. Bots can post drafts to your team’s Slack channels through connected apps, with your approval. Shared workspaces for teams are coming soon to Murage Cloud.

Are Codex and ChatGPT Work different products?

Since July 9, 2026 they share one app and one set of usage limits. ChatGPT Work also replaced ChatGPT agent for multi-step tasks.

Is Murage made by OpenAI?

No. Murage is an independent open-source project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI.

Sources, checked October 9, 2026

Murage is made by Ferrox Labs, a small team. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.

Codex, ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work are trademarks of their respective owners. Murage is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI; the names and logos are used only to identify the products compared.

Get started in four steps

1
Download Murage
For Mac, Windows and Linux.
2
Pick Codex
Choose it as a bot’s engine and sign in to the official Codex CLI yourself.
3
Meet Ember
Your Chief of Staff, who builds the team around it.
4
Give it the first job
Start small. New bots ask before they act.

Download Murage All downloads and install notes

Give your first job to Murage.

Download the app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing. Plan on about ten minutes from install to a working team.

Download Murage

No account needed · Runs on the AI plan you already pay for

Keep Codex. Add a team that runs it.

Codex becomes one bot on your team. Murage runs the official Codex under a Chief of Staff, next to Claude Code, Hermes and other engines, with memory and approvals on your computer.

Murage runs this engine as a bot on your team. It’s a separate product, not a partnership.

The short answer

Keep your ChatGPT plan. Murage puts the official Codex CLI you sign in to yourself on the same team as Claude Code.

Which should you choose?

Murage runs the team

Murage

Open source
On your computer
The AI you choose

Who does the work: A Chief of Staff and a team

Codex (ChatGPT Work) runs this bot

Codex (ChatGPT Work)

Free tier; Plus $20 a month
Your computer and OpenAI’s cloud
OpenAI models by default

Who does the work: Subagents and custom agents

Download Murage

Checked October 2026 (October 9, 2026) against OpenAI’s Codex docs, pricing and changelog, and the Codex repository. “Reported” marks press rather than OpenAI’s own pages.

Question	Murage	Codex (ChatGPT Work)
Getting in
Price to start	Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service	Free tier; Go $8 and Plus $20 a month; Pro from $100; Business $20 a user billed annually. An API key pays per use
Install	Download Murage. Pick Codex for a bot and choose Install Codex; Murage installs the official Codex CLI, checks it runs and only then switches to it	The Codex CLI (curl installer, PowerShell, npm or Homebrew), the desktop app, an IDE extension or the web
Account needed	Your own Codex sign-in, done by you in the official CLI. Murage adds no fee	A ChatGPT account on a Free or paid plan, or an API key
Where it runs
Runs on	On your computer	Your computer in the desktop app, CLI or IDE, plus OpenAI’s cloud for cloud tasks
Keeps working with your laptop closed	Yes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you	Yes, for cloud tasks and team tasks. Scheduled tasks that use local files need your computer on and the app running
Platforms	Mac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone	Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus web, a mobile app and a CLI
Network access for a task	You set each bot’s access, and the stop line covers outside actions	Off by default in the Codex sandbox; you turn it on per workspace
Brains
Engines	The engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys	OpenAI’s models by default. Other providers can be added in config, including local ones through Ollama and LM Studio
Mix engines on one team	Yes: Codex on the bots that suit it, Fuigo, Claude Code, Hermes or a local model on the rest	One agent per task; you pick the model and provider in config
Pick the model per helper	Choose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put	Each custom agent can set its own model and reasoning effort
Usage	Nothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead	An allowance per plan in five-hour windows, then optional credits. Cloud tasks use more
The team
Who leads	Ember, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job	You, with Codex spawning subagents when you ask
Helpers that last	Named bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines	Custom agents you define as TOML files, with built-in default, worker and explorer agents
Several agents at once	A team of bots on a project board, across engines	Subagents run in parallel threads; OpenAI notes that agents editing code at once can create conflicts
Projects with boards	Yes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done	Not described in the docs checked
Hands
Apps	1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP	Plugins, MCP servers and skills; cloud integrations on paid plans
Your own signed-in browser	Murage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share	A built-in browser and computer use in the ChatGPT desktop app (reported)
Work beyond code	79 ready-made teams for sales, ops, research and more, each bot with its own role	ChatGPT Work, launched July 9, 2026 (reported), handles tasks across apps and files in the same app
Memory	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Local Codex memories are files under ~/.codex, off by default. ChatGPT keeps its own separate memory
Control
Asks before acting	New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.	Auto preset works in your folder and asks before going outside it or using the network. Read-only and full-access modes are also offered
Tools you add	On Codex bots the stop line also covers tools from MCP servers you add	Approval prompts and sandbox settings per workspace
Lessons you can see, edit and undo	Yes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it	Memories are generated files; OpenAI advises against editing them by hand
Open source	Yes, AGPL-3.0	The Codex CLI is open source (Apache-2.0); the apps are not
Your data
Where memory lives	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Codex memories on your computer; ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work use your account and workspace memory settings
How it signs in	You sign in to the official Codex CLI yourself; the sign-in stays with Codex	ChatGPT account sign-in (recommended) or an API key
Reach
Chat apps	Message your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp	Scheduled tasks can start from new Gmail, Slack or GitHub activity on eligible plans, on web and mobile
Voice	Call any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own	Desktop voice at $0.05 a minute on Plus and Pro
Phone	iPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team	The ChatGPT mobile app, with Codex tasks, approvals and widgets on iOS
For your staff	Each person runs Murage on their own computer; export a team and everyone imports it, with no Murage seat fees	Business and Enterprise plans with admin controls

Murage

Codex (ChatGPT Work)

Getting in

Price to start

Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service

Free tier; Go $8 and Plus $20 a month; Pro from $100; Business $20 a user billed annually. An API key pays per use

Install

Download Murage. Pick Codex for a bot and choose Install Codex; Murage installs the official Codex CLI, checks it runs and only then switches to it

The Codex CLI (curl installer, PowerShell, npm or Homebrew), the desktop app, an IDE extension or the web

Account needed

Your own Codex sign-in, done by you in the official CLI. Murage adds no fee

A ChatGPT account on a Free or paid plan, or an API key

Where it runs

Runs on

On your computer

Your computer in the desktop app, CLI or IDE, plus OpenAI’s cloud for cloud tasks

Keeps working with your laptop closed

Yes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you

Yes, for cloud tasks and team tasks. Scheduled tasks that use local files need your computer on and the app running

Platforms

Mac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone

Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus web, a mobile app and a CLI

Network access for a task

You set each bot’s access, and the stop line covers outside actions

Off by default in the Codex sandbox; you turn it on per workspace

Brains

Engines

The engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys

OpenAI’s models by default. Other providers can be added in config, including local ones through Ollama and LM Studio

Mix engines on one team

Yes: Codex on the bots that suit it, Fuigo, Claude Code, Hermes or a local model on the rest

One agent per task; you pick the model and provider in config

Pick the model per helper

Choose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put

Each custom agent can set its own model and reasoning effort

Usage

Nothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead

An allowance per plan in five-hour windows, then optional credits. Cloud tasks use more

The team

Who leads

Ember, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job

You, with Codex spawning subagents when you ask

Helpers that last

Named bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines

Custom agents you define as TOML files, with built-in default, worker and explorer agents

Several agents at once

A team of bots on a project board, across engines

Subagents run in parallel threads; OpenAI notes that agents editing code at once can create conflicts

Projects with boards

Yes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done

Not described in the docs checked

Hands

Apps

1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP

Plugins, MCP servers and skills; cloud integrations on paid plans

Your own signed-in browser

Murage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share

A built-in browser and computer use in the ChatGPT desktop app (reported)

Work beyond code

79 ready-made teams for sales, ops, research and more, each bot with its own role

ChatGPT Work, launched July 9, 2026 (reported), handles tasks across apps and files in the same app

Memory

Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds

Local Codex memories are files under ~/.codex, off by default. ChatGPT keeps its own separate memory

Control

Asks before acting

New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.

Auto preset works in your folder and asks before going outside it or using the network. Read-only and full-access modes are also offered

Tools you add

On Codex bots the stop line also covers tools from MCP servers you add

Approval prompts and sandbox settings per workspace

Lessons you can see, edit and undo

Yes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it

Memories are generated files; OpenAI advises against editing them by hand

Open source

Yes, AGPL-3.0

The Codex CLI is open source (Apache-2.0); the apps are not

Your data

Where memory lives

Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds

Codex memories on your computer; ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work use your account and workspace memory settings

How it signs in

You sign in to the official Codex CLI yourself; the sign-in stays with Codex

ChatGPT account sign-in (recommended) or an API key

Reach

Chat apps

Message your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp

Scheduled tasks can start from new Gmail, Slack or GitHub activity on eligible plans, on web and mobile

Voice

Call any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own

Desktop voice at $0.05 a minute on Plus and Pro

Phone

iPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team

The ChatGPT mobile app, with Codex tasks, approvals and widgets on iOS

For your staff

Each person runs Murage on their own computer; export a team and everyone imports it, with no Murage seat fees

Business and Enterprise plans with admin controls

Keep Codex. Add a team that runs it.

Murage sits above Codex.

Keep Codex. Murage makes it a whole team.

At a glance.

What a year costs.

Where your work lives.

Who does the work.

What Murage adds for a Codex (ChatGPT Work) user.

Codex, plus every other engine

A standing team above it

Memory on your computer

1,600+ apps and a stop line

Open source, all of it

Same bot, on any engine

Where Codex (ChatGPT Work) is ahead.

Which should you choose?

Choose Murage if

Choose Codex (ChatGPT Work) if

Every detail.

Getting in

Where it runs

Brains

The team

Hands

Control

Your data

Reach

Same job, both ways.

Review a pull request and fix what you find

Answer new leads and chase an unpaid invoice

Run a report every morning

Try two engines on the same job

Approve something while you’re away

Already using Codex: your first day with Murage

Questions about Murage and Codex (ChatGPT Work).

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Meet Ember

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Keep Codex. Add a team that runs it.

Murage sits above Codex.

Keep Codex. Murage makes it a whole team.

At a glance.

What a year costs.

Where your work lives.

Who does the work.

What Murage adds for a Codex (ChatGPT Work) user.

Codex, plus every other engine

A standing team above it

Memory on your computer

1,600+ apps and a stop line

Open source, all of it

Same bot, on any engine

Where Codex (ChatGPT Work) is ahead.

Which should you choose?

Choose Murage if

Choose Codex (ChatGPT Work) if

Every detail.

Getting in

Where it runs

Brains

The team

Hands

Control

Your data

Reach

Same job, both ways.

Review a pull request and fix what you find

Answer new leads and chase an unpaid invoice

Run a report every morning

Try two engines on the same job

Approve something while you’re away

Already using Codex: your first day with Murage

Questions about Murage and Codex (ChatGPT Work).

Get started in four steps

Download Murage