AgentDock

AgentDock is a native macOS app for running multiple isolated profiles of the official OpenAI Codex and Anthropic Claude desktop apps. Each profile receives separate application state, can run alongside the stock app and other profiles, and can have its own Dock-pinnable shortcut.

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Important

AgentDock isolates supported application state; it is not an operating-system sandbox. Managed instances retain normal access to your files, shell, network, Keychain, Git configuration, and SSH credentials.

Highlights

• Run multiple app profiles side by side with separate local state.
• Open or focus the normal official installation independently of managed profiles.
• Focus and close an exact profile without quitting another running instance.
• Install native, profile-specific shortcuts under ~/Applications/AgentDock/.
• Browse supported local chat histories with safe links, tables, selectable prose, syntax-highlighted code, and bounded tool output.
• View supported local activity, storage, usage-limit, and lifecycle information.
• Verify official app identity and code signatures before managed operations.
• Preserve profile data by default when removing a profile from the app.

Requirements

• An Apple silicon Mac running macOS 13 or newer.
• The official Codex app, the official Claude app, or both.
• Swift 5.9 or newer only when building from source.

AgentDock does not redistribute or modify either provider app. If an app is not installed in /Applications, select its signed .app bundle in AgentDock settings.

Install

1. Download the DMG from the latest release.
2. Open it and drag AgentDock onto the Applications shortcut.
3. Launch AgentDock. The release is Developer ID signed, hardened, notarized, and stapled for Gatekeeper verification.

Release pages also provide a ZIP and SHA-256 checksums. See Release operations for verification and maintainer release procedures.

Quick Start

1. Open AgentDock and choose Add Profile.
2. Select the provider and give the profile a descriptive name.
3. Select the profile and choose Open.
4. Sign in inside that managed provider window.
5. Optionally choose Install Shortcut for a Dock-pinnable launcher.
6. Repeat for another account or provider.

The action changes to Focus while a profile is running. Close targets only the selected profile. Remove From List preserves its local data; permanent deletion is a separate confirmed action.

Local Data and Privacy

AgentDock is local-first. It does not provide cloud synchronization or upload managed profile data. It stores profile metadata and indexes under ~/Library/Application Support/AgentDock/ and creates shortcuts under ~/Applications/AgentDock/.

Local transcript support is source-dependent:

• Codex uses supported local databases and session JSONL fallbacks.
• Claude uses supported local Cowork/agent-session data. The Official Claude view can also include the lightweight Claude Code history index and matching local session files.
• Ordinary synced claude.ai web chats are unavailable because Claude Desktop does not expose a stable local transcript contract. AgentDock does not scrape cookies or browser caches.

Indexes contain bounded list metadata, not full transcript bodies or absolute working directories. See Security and privacy and Data flows for the complete trust boundaries.

Documentation

• Documentation index
• Architecture
• Code map
• Data flows
• Interfaces and contracts
• Development and testing
• Release operations
• Security and privacy

Contributing and Support

Bug reports, focused fixes, tests, documentation improvements, and feature proposals are welcome. Start with:

• Contributing guide
• Support guide
• Security policy
• Issue tracker

Please do not post credentials, account data, private transcript content, absolute home-directory paths, or unredacted logs in public issues or pull requests.

Project Status

AgentDock is an early release. Provider integration is version-sensitive and fails closed when a signed installed app no longer exposes its expected local launch contract. Existing shortcuts may need to be reinstalled after launcher or profile-identity changes.

AgentDock is an independent project. It is not an OpenAI or Anthropic product.

License

AgentDock is licensed under the Functional Source License 1.1 with an MIT future grant. The MIT grant becomes effective on July 29, 2028. Until then, the FSL permitted-purpose and competing-use restrictions apply.

The vendored Streamdown subset retains its own FSL-1.1-MIT license and its separate March 16, 2028 MIT grant date in Vendor/streamdown-swift/LICENSE. See Third-party notices for dependency licenses.