Codexbar: Stop Losing Context When Switching Accounts

The Multi-Account Switching Pain

If you frequently switch between OpenAI official accounts, third-party proxies, and different compatible providers, you’ve definitely encountered this:

Config switched, but context feels broken.

Historical sessions are still on disk, but become disjointed after switching accounts. Manually editing config files is annoying, and restoring context is even more painful.

Codexbar’s Core Idea

Codexbar is a macOS menu bar tool. It doesn’t try to “rebuild another Codex”—it solves a more specific problem:

After switching accounts/providers, share the same ~/.codex history pool.

Its approach is simple:

• ❌ No separate CODEX_HOME for each account
• ❌ Don’t split your ~/.codex session pool
• ✅ Only sync current provider/account to config.toml and auth.json
• ✅ Switching only affects new sessions, existing history stays intact

Why This Matters

Many “multi-account switching” solutions create separate CODEX_HOME for each account. Strong isolation, but obvious costs:

• History scattered across multiple directories
• That “context is gone” feeling after switching
• Constantly searching for sessions across environments

Codexbar takes another path: keep a unified history pool.

~/.codex/sessions and ~/.codex/archived_sessions remain shared. Current config syncs to standard locations, switching only affects future requests.

Current Features

• Multiple OpenAI OAuth account management
• Multiple OpenAI-compatible provider management
• Multiple API keys per provider
• Quick switching from menu bar
• Local usage / cost statistics

Cost stats come from scanning ~/.codex/sessions and archived_sessions. See token usage and estimated costs directly in the menu bar—no manual session file digging.

Who It’s For

Codexbar is useful if you:

• Use both OpenAI official and third-party compatible providers
• Maintain multiple API keys per provider
• Don’t want to manually edit config.toml every time
• Want unified ~/.codex history and resume experience

Get It

Open source on GitHub: https://github.com/lizhelang/codexbar

Menu bar tool, macOS only, download and use.

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📄 Original: https://github.com/lizhelang/codexbar