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- Buddy brings Codex CLI to Android with on-device app control
The developer of Buddy announced an open-source Android app that runs the real Codex CLI inside a small Linux environment and signs in with a ChatGPT plan. According to the developer, Buddy requires no PC, Android Debug Bridge, or root access, and gives Codex tools to view the screen, tap, operate apps, and test what it builds.
r/OpenAI · 🔥 0 - Open-source Android app Buddy lets Codex control your phone
Developer /u/3amae404 posted on r/OpenAI about Buddy, an Apache 2.0 open-source Android app that runs as a floating chat bubble: the user gives an instruction and Codex reads the screen and taps and types inside apps. According to the developer, Codex CLI runs in a small Linux environment inside the app without root or Termux, and the phone is exposed as MCP tools through Android's accessibility service; it signs in with the user's ChatGPT plan, and Claude Code and OpenCode also work. Anything that sends, posts or buys first shows an approval card, with the OK covering only that exact message, and unapproved notification replies wait in a list instead of going out.
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