codex-switch 0.1.0

Manage multiple OpenAI Codex CLI accounts — switch, check quota, validate tokens

codex-switch

Manage multiple OpenAI Codex CLI accounts from the command line.

If you use multiple ChatGPT Pro/Plus subscriptions for Codex CLI — for parallel batch evaluation, team usage, or quota management — this tool lets you switch between accounts, check real-time quota, and validate token health without manually copying auth.json files.

Install

# With uv (recommended)
uv tool install codex-switch

# Or with pip
pip install codex-switch

Requires Python 3.11+ and Codex CLI installed.

Quick Start

# Save your current logged-in account
codex-switch save work

# Import another auth.json
codex-switch add ~/Downloads/auth.json personal

# See all accounts at a glance
codex-switch list

# Switch to a different account
codex-switch switch personal

Commands

codex-switch list

Show all saved accounts with plan, quota, token expiry, and live API status:

Saved Codex accounts
   name      email                         plan  quota            access_exp   live
-  --------  ----------------------------  ----  ---------------  -----------  ----
*  pro1      [e-mail]             pro   5h:69% / wk:55%  04-10 10:48  ok
   pro2      [e-mail]             pro   5h:0% / wk:6%    04-13 16:27  ok
   personal  [e-mail]               pro   5h:0% / wk:0%    04-13 16:18  ok

• * = currently active account (matches ~/.codex/auth.json)
• 5h = 5-hour rolling window usage, wk = 7-day rolling window usage
• access_exp = when the access token expires (local time)
• live = real-time API validation result

codex-switch switch <name>

Switch the active Codex CLI account. Backs up current ~/.codex/auth.json automatically:

$ codex-switch switch pro2
Switched to account 'pro2'
Backup: /home/user/.codex-switch/backups/auth-20260403-143022.json
Active auth: /home/user/.codex/auth.json

codex-switch quota [name]

Check real-time quota for the current or a specific account. Does not consume any API quota:

$ codex-switch quota pro1
Quota for pro1
email: [e-mail]
plan:  pro
auth:  chatgpt

bucket           name                 5h                 week               credits  plan
---------------  -------------------  -----------------  -----------------  -------  ----
codex            -                    70% (04-03 19:52)  55% (04-10 00:34)  0        pro
codex_bengalfox  GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark  0% (04-03 23:05)   0% (04-10 18:05)   -        pro

codex-switch validate [name]

Check token health for one account or all saved accounts:

$ codex-switch validate pro2
pro2
  email:   [e-mail]
  plan:    pro
  access:  ok (2026-04-13 08:27)
  id:      expired (2026-04-03 09:27)
  refresh: present
  live:    OK 5h:0% / wk:6%

codex-switch current

Show details about the currently active account:

$ codex-switch current
Current Codex account
name:  pro1
path:  /home/user/.codex/auth.json
email: [e-mail]
plan:  pro
access token: ok (2026-04-10 02:48)
id token:     expired (2026-03-31 03:48)
refresh:      present

codex-switch save <name>

Save the current ~/.codex/auth.json as a named account:

$ codex-switch save work
Saved current auth as 'work'

codex-switch add <path> <name>

Import an auth.json file as a named account:

$ codex-switch add ~/Downloads/auth.json team-account
Imported account 'team-account'

codex-switch remove <name> (alias: rm)

Remove a saved account. Cannot remove the currently active account:

$ codex-switch remove old-account
Removed account 'old-account'

codex-switch rename <old> <new> (alias: mv)

Rename a saved account:

$ codex-switch rename team-account team
Renamed 'team-account' → 'team'

How it works

Codex CLI stores authentication in ~/.codex/auth.json. This tool maintains named copies in ~/.codex-switch/ and swaps them when you switch accounts.

Quota checking starts a temporary codex app-server process pointed at the target account, queries the account/rateLimits/read JSON-RPC endpoint, and shuts down. No Codex API quota is consumed.

Storage layout

~/.codex-switch/
├── pro1.json        # saved auth.json for "pro1"
├── pro2.json        # saved auth.json for "pro2"
├── backups/         # automatic backups on switch
│   └── auth-20260403-143022.json
└── .current         # name of the last switched account

Environment variables

For testing or custom setups:

• CODEX_SWITCH_DATA_DIR — override the account storage directory (default: ~/.codex-switch)
• CODEX_SWITCH_CODEX_HOME — override the Codex home directory (default: ~/.codex)

License

MIT