One-click Codex backup, restore, and Windows PC migration.
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On the release page, download only:
Codex-Lifeboat-Windows-x64-Portable.zip
Extract the ZIP and start Codex-Lifeboat.exe. No installation, Python, or
administrator rights are required.
Do not download GitHub's automatically generated Source code (zip) or Source code (tar.gz) files unless you want to develop the application.
Windows SmartScreen may warn because the community build is not commercially
code-signed. Verify the included SHA256.txt before running the application.
Codex Lifeboat moves a local Codex workspace from one Windows computer to another. It creates and validates a portable backup, restores it into a working Codex installation, and preserves the destination computer's login and machine identity.
It includes:
- Complete project directories, including
.git,.env, and uncommitted files - Active and archived local conversations
- Project-to-conversation links and locally available attachments
- Skills and portable Codex configuration
- Consistent SQLite snapshots and SHA-256 integrity validation
- Automatic Windows profile and project-path translation
- A destination safety copy and automatic rollback on failure
It deliberately excludes source authentication, installation IDs, machine identity, caches, locks, sandbox secrets, and active runtime files.
- Fully close Codex.
- Insert the USB drive.
- Start
Codex-Lifeboat.exe. - Choose Create complete backup.
- Choose Verify backup when creation is complete.
- Install Codex, open it once, and sign in.
- Fully close Codex.
- Start
Codex-Lifeboat.exefrom the USB drive. - Choose Complete restore.
- Review the safety-copy location and confirm.
- Choose Verify restore when restoration is complete.
Backups are intentionally not encrypted and may contain source code, .env files,
API keys, and other confidential project data. Keep the USB drive physically secure.
See the security policy for reporting vulnerabilities.
The end-to-end suite checks package integrity, source immutability, authentication exclusion, exact project restoration, portable profile restoration, path translation, schema compatibility, tamper rejection, safety-copy retention, rollback, and both GUI languages. See the test results.
The repository contains source code and documentation only. Ready-to-run binaries are distributed through GitHub Releases.
Codex Lifeboat is an independent community project and is not an official OpenAI product.
Released under the MIT License.