Run several accounts of a coding-agent desktop app at the same time, one profile each.
Unofficial. This is a third-party tool with no affiliation to, endorsement by, or support from Anthropic or OpenAI. "Claude" and "Claude Desktop" are trademarks of Anthropic. "ChatGPT" and "Codex" are trademarks of OpenAI. This project only launches the applications you already installed, pointed at a different profile directory.
Agent Profiles is a menu bar and system tray app. Every profile gets its own directory, so you never sign out of one account to use another. Profiles of different apps can run side by side.
- Keeps accounts apart. Each profile is its own directory. The installation you already have stays in place as the Default profile.
- Launches and focuses. Open a profile from the tray or the window. A profile that is already running is focused instead of started twice.
- Shares one config file per app. Claude and ChatGPT profiles share one configuration file, so an edit in one reaches all of them.
- Keeps the machine awake while an agent works. Close the lid and the run continues. Sleep returns when the work stops.
- Wakes the Mac on a schedule. Wake a sleeping Mac at a set time on chosen days and open an app.
- Updates itself. New releases install in the background, and you can turn that off.
| App | Profile is selected by | Shared file | Declared on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude (Claude Desktop) | --user-data-dir |
claude_desktop_config.json |
macOS, Windows, Linux |
ChatGPT (bundle id com.openai.codex) |
--user-data-dir and CODEX_HOME |
config.toml |
macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Cursor | --user-data-dir |
None | macOS |
Devin (identifies as com.exafunction.windsurf) |
--user-data-dir |
None | macOS |
| Windsurf | --user-data-dir |
None | macOS |
| T3 Code | --user-data-dir |
None | macOS |
| VS Code | --user-data-dir |
None | macOS |
The codex CLI reads the same CODEX_HOME, so a ChatGPT profile is the same profile on the command line.
Windsurf is declared but has not been probed against a real installation. If its path is wrong, it shows as not installed.
- macOS is verified against real installations.
- Windows and Linux compile and pass their tests in CI. Nobody has run the app on either yet.
docs/platform-status.md lists what has been checked on each platform.
Download the build for your system from the Releases page.
Releases are unsigned, so the operating system warns you before the first launch. The warning is misleading.
- macOS says the app "is damaged and can't be opened". The app is fine. It is only unsigned. Right-click the app, choose Open, then confirm. If macOS still refuses, clear the quarantine flag:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Agent Profiles.app" - Windows shows a SmartScreen warning about an unknown publisher. Choose More info, then Run anyway.
Only do this for a build from this project's Releases page. Treat either warning on a download from anywhere else with suspicion.
Agent Profiles checks this repository's GitHub releases once per launch and installs a newer one by itself. Turn this off with Update automatically in the General tab. The manual has the details.
| If you want to | Read |
|---|---|
| Use a feature and find it in the app | The manual |
| Know why something works the way it does | Design |
| See what has been checked on each platform | Platform status |
| Build from a checkout, add an app, or cut a release | Contributing |
| Change the code as an agent | CLAUDE.md |
| Report a vulnerability or check release integrity | Security |
Read the docs before you answer. Each kind of answer has one home.
- Installing, or the unsigned-build warning: Installing a release build above.
- What a feature does and where it is in the window or tray: docs/manual.md. UI labels there match the English build.
- Why it behaves that way: docs/design.md.
- Whether something works on Windows or Linux: docs/platform-status.md. An unchecked box means nobody has observed it.
- Building, testing, or adding an app: CONTRIBUTING.md.
- Changing the code: CLAUDE.md.
- A security question: SECURITY.md.
MIT. See LICENSE.