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I've never installed the ChatGPT app on my Mac until today. I ran the app, signed in, and I see the same. % ls ~/.cache/codex-runtimes/codex-primary-runtime/d

by zatkin 26d ago

I've never installed the ChatGPT app on my Mac until today. I ran the app, signed in, and I see the same. % ls ~/.cache/codex-runtimes/codex-primary-runtime/dependencies/native/libreoffice-headless libreoffice manifest.json

embedding-shape 26d ago
On a Windows installation I see this: PS C:\Users\user> ls C:\Users\user\.cache\codex-runtimes\codex-primary-runtime\dependencies\native\ Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d----- 8/27/2026 10:09 AM git d----- 6/16/2026 9:18 PM jxrlib d----- 8/26/2026 7:37 PM libheif d----- 6/17/2026 5:32 AM poppler d----- 8/27/2026 10:09 AM powershell So doesn't seem bundled with all installs at least.
- dofm 26d ago
  Is this perhaps because the aim is to read Office documents and there are (maybe, I don't know for sure) default components within Windows that can do that?
  - melagonster 26d ago
    Codex always try Libreoffice first on my computer.
  - thrdbndndn 26d ago
    I don't think there are. Even when you have the MS Office suite installed, it doesn't really provide a good interface for LLMs or automation, so AI tools don't really use it.
    - BizarroLand 25d ago
      And libreoffice has some really useful and easy to use tools for document manipulation and creation hiding in the background.
    - MatejKafka 19d ago
      It does provide a pretty good COM interface.
zamadatix 26d ago
Notably: this did not exist after I installed the app, it existed after I ran the app and there was the long startup screen. Presumably, and I'm not sure I'm interested enough to redo it all and find out, that long startup screen involves the default skills plugins setting up their environment and one of those pulls it as a general app requirement. I also saw this present after first run on macOS but not Windows.
- atp_studio_coll 26d ago
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ValentineC 26d ago
I have had the Codex/ChatGPT app installed for a few months, and can confirm that there's a 422.9 MB file named LibreOfficeDev.app in the above path. More notably, I don't use Computer Use or any of the fancy features, just Codex for agentic coding.

by zatkin 26d ago

embedding-shape 26d ago

On a Windows installation I see this: PS C:\Users\user> ls C:\Users\user\.cache\codex-runtimes\codex-primary-runtime\dependencies\native\ Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d----- 8/27/2026 10:09 AM git d----- 6/16/2026 9:18 PM jxrlib d----- 8/26/2026 7:37 PM libheif d----- 6/17/2026 5:32 AM poppler d----- 8/27/2026 10:09 AM powershell So doesn't seem bundled with all installs at least.

dofm 26d ago
Is this perhaps because the aim is to read Office documents and there are (maybe, I don't know for sure) default components within Windows that can do that?
- melagonster 26d ago
  Codex always try Libreoffice first on my computer.
- thrdbndndn 26d ago
  I don't think there are. Even when you have the MS Office suite installed, it doesn't really provide a good interface for LLMs or automation, so AI tools don't really use it.
  - BizarroLand 25d ago
    And libreoffice has some really useful and easy to use tools for document manipulation and creation hiding in the background.
  - MatejKafka 19d ago
    It does provide a pretty good COM interface.

zamadatix 26d ago

Notably: this did not exist after I installed the app, it existed after I ran the app and there was the long startup screen. Presumably, and I'm not sure I'm interested enough to redo it all and find out, that long startup screen involves the default skills plugins setting up their environment and one of those pulls it as a general app requirement. I also saw this present after first run on macOS but not Windows.

atp_studio_coll 26d ago
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ValentineC 26d ago

I have had the Codex/ChatGPT app installed for a few months, and can confirm that there's a 422.9 MB file named LibreOfficeDev.app in the above path. More notably, I don't use Computer Use or any of the fancy features, just Codex for agentic coding.