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title: "ChatGPT Desktop pricing, platforms and integrations"
description: "OpenAI's desktop app with Chat, Work and Codex views. Codex runs parallel threads in worktrees, with scheduled tasks and Computer Use, on a ChatGPT login or an API key."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/chatgpt-desktop"
---
# ChatGPT Desktop

> OpenAI's desktop app with Chat, Work and Codex views. Codex runs parallel threads in worktrees, with scheduled tasks and Computer Use, on a ChatGPT login or an API key.

- **Layer**: Desktop app
- **Vendor**: OpenAI
- **Platforms**: macOS, Windows, Linux
- **License**: Proprietary
- **Pricing**: Free tier
- **Status**: Active
- **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/chatgpt-desktop.json

## Links

- [Website](https://chatgpt.com/download)
- [Pricing](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing)
- [Repo](https://github.com/openai/codex)
- [Docs](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/app)
- [Changelog](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new)

## Pricing

Included with [ChatGPT](https://whichcoding.tools/plans/chatgpt) plans. Same pricing as [Codex CLI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/codex-cli).

| Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT Free (individual) | Free | — | Rate limited until reset | Small allowance for quick tasks, shared with ChatGPT |
| ChatGPT Go (individual) | $8/mo (per user) | — | Rate limited until reset | — |
| ChatGPT Plus (individual) | $20/mo (per user) | — | Rate limited until reset | Roughly 10 to 100 messages per five-hour window depending on the model |
| ChatGPT Pro (individual) | From $100/mo (per user) | — | Rate limited until reset | Higher Pro price points at $200 and $500 a month, the $500 one adding Astra Ultrafast speed mode access |
| ChatGPT Business (team) | $25/mo (per user · $20/mo billed annually) | — | Rate limited until reset | Two user minimum. The $20 annual rate requires 2 or more users. |
| API key (individual) | Usage-based | — | API list price. Pay for the tokens Codex uses at API prices. Cloud features are not included. | — |

Chat, Work and Codex are available on every ChatGPT plan including Free. Codex usage draws from the plan's shared Codex allowance. Linux is a preview without Computer Use.

Source: [learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing), verified 2026-09-08.

## Works with

What ChatGPT Desktop runs, and what can run ChatGPT Desktop. "With your existing login" means the wrapped tool's subscription is reused, no second bill.

### Runs

- [Codex CLI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/codex-cli) (via SDK, Free with your existing login): OpenAI's open source terminal agent. Signs in with a ChatGPT account and shares the plan's usage window, or bills an API key at token prices. Codex in the app runs on the Codex app-server, the same engine as the CLI, with the same ChatGPT or API key sign-in.

## Models

- **Providers**: OpenAI
- **Bring your own key**: Partial BYOK
- **Local models**: No

OpenAI models through a ChatGPT plan or an API key. With an API key, features that depend on ChatGPT workspace access or cloud services are limited.

## Features

- **Git worktrees**: One isolated checkout per task
- **Parallel agents**: Several agents running at once
- **Subagents**: The agent can delegate to child agents
- **MCP client**: Connects to MCP servers
- **Browser automation**: Drives a browser to verify UI
- **Sandboxing**: Runs commands in an isolated sandbox
- **Mobile companion**: Follow or drive sessions from a phone
- **Scheduled tasks**: Automations that run on a schedule
- **Diff review**: Review and annotate changes in the tool
- **Plugins**: Extensible through plugins or a marketplace
- **Hooks**: Run your own commands at lifecycle points

## Install

- **download**: [chatgpt.com/download](https://chatgpt.com/download)
- **brew**: `brew install --cask chatgpt`

## License

- **SPDX**: Proprietary
- **Kind**: Proprietary
- **Repo**: [github.com/openai/codex](https://github.com/openai/codex)

The app ships as a binary. The Codex app-server it runs on is Apache-2.0 in the openai/codex repo.

## Sources

Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it.

| Source | Covers | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing) | pricing | 2026-09-08 |
| [learn.chatgpt.com/docs/app](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/app) | platforms, features, general | 2026-08-23 |
| [learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new) | platforms, features, general | 2026-08-23 |
| [learn.chatgpt.com/docs/auth](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/auth) | models, wraps | 2026-08-23 |
| [learn.chatgpt.com/docs/linux/linux-app](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/linux/linux-app) | platforms | 2026-08-23 |

Source data: [content/tools/chatgpt-desktop.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/chatgpt-desktop.yml)

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- [Compare ChatGPT Desktop with another tool](https://whichcoding.tools/compare?tools=chatgpt-desktop)
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- [Everything on ChatGPT](https://whichcoding.tools/plans/chatgpt)

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