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Cove for Mac

Native macOS workspace for Claude Code and Codex with session sidebar, editor, and change review.

By huyanxius. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Cove at a glance

Version
0.1.0
Released
20 October 2026
Download size
2.9 MB
Works on
Apple silicon
Licence
MIT
Category
Artificial Intelligence
Developer
huyanxius
GitHub stars
2

About Cove

A native macOS workspace for Claude Code and Codex. Session management, native input, agent activity and diffs around your own CLI.

How to install Cove on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Cove and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.1.0 from huyanxius's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Cove show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Cove-macOS-arm64.dmg (2.9 MB).

What is new in Cove 0.1.0

Cove's first downloadable preview brings Claude Code and Codex into a native Mac workspace.

## Download and open

- **Apple Silicon · macOS 14+**. Download `Cove-macOS-arm64.dmg`, open it, and drag Cove to Applications. A ZIP is available too.
- Install and sign in to Claude Code or Codex in Terminal first. Cove uses your existing CLI, account, and provider.
- **Not Apple-notarized:** this preview is ad-hoc signed. If blocked on first launch, attempt to open it, then use **System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway**. [Apple's instructions](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102445).
- The interface is primarily Chinese. No model subscription or automatic updater is included.

## In this preview

- A project-based session sidebar with title search, pinning, renaming, archiving, and resume.
- A native composer with multiline editing, input methods, file attachments, and pasted images.
- Four interface modes, including the original CLI terminal and native conversations for Claude Code and Codex.
- Streaming replies, permission prompts, agent activity, task and change inspection, and diff comments.
- Git controls, PR/check status through `gh`, Claude worktrees, and Claude transcript backups.
- Onboarding detects installed CLIs and selects an available default.
- A bilingual repository guide, installation troubleshooting, contributor guidance, and repeatable packaging.
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