Made codex app run on Windows(twitter.com)
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Made codex app run on Windows
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I took the macOS .dmg,
extracted the web app inside it,
Did some patches for Windows
and rebuilt it inside a fresh Electron shell.
Then compiled it for Windows.
Most “desktop apps” are just: Electron + web code.
If you can access the bundle, you can retarget platforms.
Then compiled it for Windows.
Most “desktop apps” are just: Electron + web code.
If you can access the bundle, you can retarget platforms.
Yesterday I stumbled upon the same concept for Claude Desktop and Linux [0]. I wonder why the companies themselves don't want to ship their Electron apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Spotify has a sensible approach: they ship the builds, although unsupported for Linux. Not ideal, but that's something. [1]
[0]: https://github.com/aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian
[1]: https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/