Browse Codex Pets
Discover custom pet packages for OpenAI Codex CLI and Claude Code. Copy install commands, browse community pets, and open source packages.




By Hcy
A quiet white forest-spirit Codex pet with a round head, black face spots, tiny body, and short legs.


By promise
A tiny cartoon patriotic caped superhero pet with blond hair, blue suit, red gloves, cape, inner-toed flying poses, and laser-eye flair.

By joeplab
A compact Codex desktop pet inspired by a stern bald bearded avatar with black glasses, white shirt, gray pants, and sandals.


By jwzoom
A compact Omegamon digital pet with white holy-knight armor, red cape, blue cannon arm, gold dragon arm, horned helmet, and no hair or mane.


By loxx
A pixel black panther companion with golden eyes and quiet night-run energy.
What Are Codex Pets?
Codex pets are virtual companions that live in your OpenAI Codex CLI terminal. Use /pet hatch to hatch a new pet, or install a custom pet package to personalize your coding companion. Custom Codex pets are defined by a pet.json file and a spritesheet.webp image — anyone can create and share one. Browse the gallery above to find community-made pets, copy the install command, and run it inside Codex to get your new companion.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I install a custom Codex pet?
- Copy the install command from any pet listing on this page, then run it inside your OpenAI Codex CLI session. The pet will replace your current companion.
- How do I hatch a Codex pet?
- Inside the Codex CLI, type /pet hatch to hatch a new pet from your available packages.
- How do I create a custom Codex pet?
- A Codex pet requires two files: pet.json (metadata and animation config) and spritesheet.webp (sprite frames). Host both in a public GitHub repo and submit it here for review.
- What do Codex pets do?
- Codex pets are animated companions visible in the Codex CLI sidebar. They grow, animate, and react as you code.

