Frequently asked questions
Oxide is a free, open-source desktop app for agentic coding that drives Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity CLI in one window and shows what each change touched and what was actually checked, so you can merge with confidence.
Oxide is not a coding agent: it is a desktop GUI that drives the agent CLIs you already have installed and logged in. Oxide is not affiliated with Oxide Computer Company.
No separate key for Oxide. Each Provider uses its own login and its own subscription or API billing, exactly as it does in the terminal.
Oxide has no telemetry and no server. Your prompts and code go only to the Provider you chose, through its own CLI. The Transcript, Checkpoints and Review ledger stay on your machine, and dictation runs fully on-device.
You keep the same CLIs, sessions and logins. Oxide adds a per-Turn Diff, the Verification Dossier, Line comments, Blind review by a second Provider, Restore to before any Turn, worktrees per Thread and GitHub pull request review, in one window, for every Provider.
Official builds target macOS on Apple Silicon and Windows x64. Linux isn't packaged yet.
Yes. Oxide is open source under the MIT License.
Take your next Turn all the way to the merge.
Oxide drives the Claude Code, Codex or Antigravity CLI you already use. Open a Project, start a Thread and review what comes back.