Unofficial Windows-capable desktop client focused on ChatGPT / Codex, built from a source-oriented reconstruction of the publicly shipped Grok Bot 0.18.0.
Important legal notice
This is an independent research / experimental project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Anysphere, Cursor, OpenAI, xAI, or any related company.
The reconstructed code is derived from analysis of a proprietary binary. No upstream source-code license is granted.
- Readable TypeScript reconstruction of the Electron main process, host, coordinator, protocol, and related runtime pieces of Grok Bot 0.18.0
- Windows x64 packaging support (primary target)
- Inference router with strong focus on Codex / ChatGPT (local login via existing Codex auth)
- Optional local Docker sandbox
- Standalone local workspace optimized for Codex on Windows
It is not an official Grok Bot, Cursor, or OpenAI product.
- Uses your existing ChatGPT/Codex login (
%USERPROFILE%\.codex\auth.json) - Local bots with per-bot history, name, color, custom instructions, and model/reasoning selection
- Compact native Windows workspace (sidebar, transcript, composer)
- Model choices currently include 5.6 Sol / Terra / Luna, 5.5, 5.4 (availability depends on your account)
- Local usage tracking
Other providers (Cursor session, Claude Code, OpenRouter) remain available via the router but are secondary.
- Windows 10/11 x64 (primary)
- Node.js 26.5.x
- Git LFS
- Docker Desktop (optional, for local sandbox)
- Codex installed and signed in with a ChatGPT account
macOS Apple Silicon is also supported by the reconstruction tooling.
git clone https://github.com/vladvrx/chat-bot-windows.git
cd chat-bot-windows
git lfs install
git lfs pull
npm ci
npm run bootstrap
npm run package:windows
export procedure, see [docs/PUBLISHING.md](docs/PUBLISHING.md). Technical
provenance and retained upstream boundaries are described in
[PROVENANCE.md](PROVENANCE.md) and [NOTICE.md](NOTICE.md).