openai / openai/codex

Add project groups/folders to organize projects in Codex App

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Description

What variant of Codex are you using?

Codex App

What feature would you like to see?

I frequently work with many projects in the Codex App. As the number of projects grows, it becomes difficult to navigate a single flat project list.

I would like to see project groups/folders added to the Codex App.

Suggested functionality:

  • Create custom groups/folders for projects.
  • Move projects between groups.
  • Collapse and expand groups.
  • Drag and drop projects between groups.
  • Allow custom names for groups.

For example:

Work

  • Project A
  • Project B
  • Project C

Personal

  • Project D
  • Project E

Experiments

  • Project F
  • Project G

The existing sorting options are useful, but sorting doesn't solve the problem of organizing a large number of unrelated projects.

For developers working with many projects, the ability to group them into folders or categories would make navigation significantly faster and keep the project list much cleaner.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the Codex App project-list UI and the project persistence model, then determine how groups, ordering, collapsing, and drag-and-drop should fit existing behavior; done means projects can be assigned to named groups and reliably organized in the requested ways.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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