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ego lite बनाम Codex Chrome extension

सबसे अच्छा Codex Chrome extension विकल्प

OpenAI's Codex Chrome extension lets Codex take over tabs in the signed-in Chrome you're using, one browser shared between you and the agent. ego lite gives Codex its own Spaces in a separate browser that inherited your logins, so it works in parallel while your tabs stay yours.

ego (lite) मुफ़्त में इस्तेमाल करेंGitHub
इनके डेवलपर्स भरोसा करते हैं
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ego lite, Codex Chrome extension से बेहतर क्यों है

Both exist for the same reason: Codex needs logged-in browser context to be useful on real sites. The extension borrows yours. ego lite imports your Chrome profile once and gives Codex a browser of its own. Run /ego-browser inside Codex and it's connected.

The agent never fights you for your browser again

Because every task gets its own Space (a separate workspace inside one browser), Codex can run several tasks in parallel without ever touching the tabs you're using, and there's no permission prompt each time it opens a new site.

The Codex Chrome extension works differently: it takes over your existing Chrome tabs and acts inside the session you're already using, one task at a time. Because the agent is acting inside your live, logged-in browser, OpenAI has Codex ask for approval before touching each new website, so real tasks pause for permission clicks.

6.48x faster, and it finished the task the extension couldn't

Codex Chrome extension acts one click, one keystroke, one tool call at a time, and on real tasks that adds up: ranking OpenAI's X posts took it 9 minutes 24 seconds. On the Expedia flight-booking task, it never finished at all. A safety review blocked it after 15 minutes.

ego lite reads the page as a compressed Snapshot and batches several actions into a few lines of JavaScript per turn. Same two tasks: 87 seconds, and 166 seconds to completion. That's 6.48x faster on the first, and the only one of the two that finished.

Time to finish the same tasks, shorter is better
Task 1: Rank OpenAI's X posts from the last 7 days
87 sego (lite)
564 sCodex Chrome extension
Task 2: Expedia: search, filter, and fill a flight booking
166 sego (lite)
BlockedCodex Chrome extension, after 900 s

Works with Codex, and with everything else, in parallel

The extension only works with Codex, only in official Chrome (not Arc, Brave, or Edge), and it needs the Codex desktop app running and paired before anything works at all.

ego lite works with any code-writing CLI agent (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI) and runs several of their tasks in parallel. Switch agents later, and the browser side stays exactly the same.

Works from Codex's terminal: the plugin doesn't

The Codex Chrome extension only works through the Codex desktop app. OpenAI's own GitHub issues confirm that a terminal-only Codex CLI session can't reach the extension at all. The request fails immediately with the error "Browser is not available: extension."

ego lite works the same whether Codex is running in a terminal or as a desktop app: run /ego-browser, and the agent gets a real browser of its own either way.

ego lite Chrome profile import: the same setup whether Codex runs in a terminal or as a desktop app

ego lite बनाम Codex Chrome extension

Feature comparison between ego lite and Codex Chrome extension.
फ़ीचरego liteCodex Chrome extension
एजेंट कहाँ काम करता हैIn its own Space: never the tabs you're usingआपके साइन-इन Chrome में, मौजूदा टैब टेकओवर करते हुए
इसके चलते हुए काम जारी रखनाYes: parallel Spaces, you browse in yoursNot really: it's driving the browser you're in
सपोर्टेड एजेंटCodex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, कोड लिखने वाला कोई भी CLI एजेंटसिर्फ़ Codex
ज़रूरी ब्राउज़रNone: ego lite is the browser (Chromium, macOS)सिर्फ़ आधिकारिक Chrome; Arc, Brave या Edge नहीं
सेटअपऐप इंस्टॉल करें, Codex के अंदर /ego-browser चलाएँCodex डेस्कटॉप ऐप, फिर उसके Plugins मेन्यू से एक्सटेंशन इंस्टॉल करें
लॉग-इन साइट्स (SSO, 2FA)Yes: one-click Chrome profile importYes: it acts in your already-signed-in Chrome
परमिशन मॉडलप्रोफ़ाइल इम्पोर्ट से लॉगिन स्टेट एक बार दें; कोई भी Space देखें या टेकओवर करेंप्रति-वेबसाइट अप्रूवल प्रॉम्प्ट, डोमेन allowlist/blocklist
Extension reliabilityN/A: no native-messaging pairing between an extension and a desktop appOpenAI's own GitHub issues show a recurring pattern of the extension and desktop app disagreeing on connection state, plus native-host registration and handshake timeouts on Windows
एजेंट पेजों पर कैसे एक्शन लेता हैSnapshot input plus batched JavaScript: several actions per turnआपके टैब में स्टेप-बाय-स्टेप ब्राउज़र एक्शन
Speed on a real task87s vs Codex's 9:24 on the same X-research task; 166s on the same Expedia flight task9:24 on the X-research task; blocked by a safety review after 15 minutes on the Expedia flight task, never finished
कीमतमुफ़्त, कोई सब्सक्रिप्शन नहींIncluded with Codex: requires a ChatGPT plan with Codex access
Works from Codex's terminalYes: /ego-browser works the same in a terminal or a desktop appNo: the CLI can't reach the extension backend at all ("Browser is not available: extension")
आखिरी बार अपडेट किया गया 04 अग॰ 2026

इसे एक सहज ट्रांज़िशन बनाएं

Already running the Codex Chrome extension? You keep Codex and change what it drives. The switch is a few minutes, and nothing has to be uninstalled.

  1. ego (lite) डाउनलोड करें

    Download ego lite and import your Chrome profile in one click. The signed-in context the extension borrows from Chrome becomes real profile state in a browser Codex can call its own.

  2. /ego-browser के साथ अपना पहला टास्क चलाएं

    अपने एजेंट में पेस्ट करें

    /ego-browser Open ego.app and join the waitlist

    Codex के अंदर /ego-browser चलाएँ। कोई डेस्कटॉप-ऐप प्लगइन नहीं, कोई एक्सटेंशन पेयरिंग नहीं।

  3. इसे काम करते देखें
    ego lite Spaces का ओवरव्यू, चार ब्राउज़र टास्क साथ-साथ चल रहे हैं: Yahoo Finance पर Apple स्टॉक ट्रैक करता Claude Code, cars.com पर साल के हिसाब से कार फ़िल्टर करता Codex, एक SaaS back-office टास्क पूरा करता Hermes, X स्क्रैप करता एक यूज़र, और एक और Space खोलने के लिए + दबाता एक हाथ

    Re-run a task you'd normally hand the extension (a dashboard read, a form workflow, a multi-tab test) and keep using your own browser while it executes in its Space.

अगर कुछ वर्कफ़्लो एक्सटेंशन से जुड़े हैं तो उसे रखें; ego lite, Chrome के साथ-साथ चलता है, तो तुलना करते समय कुछ नहीं टूटता।

हर टूल का इस्तेमाल कब करें

ego (lite) चुनें जब

  • You run Codex from a terminal, where the extension's backend isn't reachable from CLI sessions at all. Run /ego-browser and the agent gets a browser regardless.
  • You want Codex running longer, multi-step tasks in its own Spaces, in parallel, while your tabs stay yours.
  • आप टास्क के बीच प्रति-वेबसाइट अप्रूवल प्रॉम्प्ट क्लिक करने के बजाय प्रोफ़ाइल इम्पोर्ट से लॉगिन स्टेट एक बार देना पसंद करेंगे।
  • You use other agents too: the same /ego-browser setup works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI, not just Codex.

Codex Chrome extension कब चुनें

  • You're already running the Codex desktop app, and the extension is right there in its Plugins menu, with no extra install.
  • You want a quick action on a page you already have open: handing Codex your live Chrome session is the shortest path.
  • आपको OpenAI के आधिकारिक गार्डरेल पसंद हैं: हर एक्शन के इर्द-गिर्द प्रति-वेबसाइट अप्रूवल प्रॉम्प्ट और डोमेन allowlist।

अपने एजेंट को एक असली ब्राउज़र दें

मुफ़्त, आपके Mac पर चलता है, एक क्लिक में आपकी Chrome प्रोफ़ाइल इम्पोर्ट करता है। Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, और कोड लिखने वाले किसी भी CLI एजेंट के साथ काम करता है।

ego (lite) मुफ़्त में इस्तेमाल करें

आगे पढ़ें

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FAQ

The Codex Chrome extension is OpenAI's official way to give Codex a browser, launched in May 2026 and installed through the Codex desktop app's Plugins menu. It lets Codex act in your signed-in Chrome for tasks that need logged-in context (reading dashboards, filling forms, testing sites across tabs) with a genuinely careful permission model: Codex asks before touching each new website, and you manage domain allowlists and blocklists. If you're all-in on Codex and official Chrome, it's a polished, well-scoped tool.

हाँ। OpenAI ने इसे मई 2026 में Codex डेस्कटॉप ऐप के प्लगइन सिस्टम के हिस्से के रूप में शिप किया, और जून 2026 में यह EEA, UK और स्विट्ज़रलैंड में रोल आउट हुआ। यह Codex को लॉग-इन कॉन्टेक्स्ट वाले टास्क के लिए आपके साइन-इन Chrome में काम करने देता है, प्रति-साइट परमिशन प्रॉम्प्ट के साथ।

अगर आप चाहते हैं कि Codex आपके इस्तेमाल वाले ब्राउज़र पर क़ब्ज़ा किए बिना ब्राउज़र का काम करे, तो हाँ। ego lite, Codex को आपके इम्पोर्ट किए लॉगिन के साथ उसके अपने Spaces देता है, टास्क पैरेलल में चलाता है, और मुफ़्त है। एक्सटेंशन तब जीतता है अगर आपको खास तौर पर Chrome के अंदर आधिकारिक, सिंगल-वेंडर रास्ता चाहिए, OpenAI के अप्रूवल-प्रॉम्प्ट गार्डरेल के साथ।

Install ego lite, import your Chrome profile, then run /ego-browser inside Codex. The agent reads pages as compressed Snapshots and executes batched JavaScript in the browser. No extension, no MCP server, no plugin configuration.

No. As of mid-2026 it supports official Chrome only. ego lite sidesteps the question: it is its own Chromium-based browser on macOS, and your existing Chrome profile imports into it in one click.

No. It's bound to the Codex desktop app. OpenAI's own GitHub issues confirm a terminal-only Codex CLI session can't acquire the extension backend at all, failing with "Browser is not available: extension." ego lite doesn't make that distinction: install ego lite and run /ego-browser inside Codex, terminal or desktop app, and the agent gets a real browser either way.

You're not alone. OpenAI's own GitHub issue tracker has a recurring thread of reports where the extension and the Codex desktop app disagree on whether they're connected, plus native-host registration and handshake timeouts, mostly on Windows. That's the tradeoff of pairing a browser extension to a separate desktop app over native messaging. ego lite doesn't have that pairing step: it is the browser Codex drives directly.

Yes. They don't conflict: the extension lives in Chrome, ego lite is a separate browser. A common split: the extension for quick actions in a page you already have open, ego lite for longer parallel tasks you don't want running in your active window.