The latest articles on DEV Community by Akira (@aikilan). https://dev.to/aikilan https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3850638%2F55d0a913-2774-4eff-9192-35a82346c13f.jpeg https://dev.to/aikilan en Akira Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:46:06 +0000 https://dev.to/aikilan/i-built-orbit-to-stop-juggling-codex-claude-and-provider-accounts-on-macos-alp https://dev.to/aikilan/i-built-orbit-to-stop-juggling-codex-claude-and-provider-accounts-on-macos-alp <p>If you use Codex, Claude Code, and a few OpenAI-compatible providers on the same Mac, the messy part is usually not the model itself. It's the account switching, quota checking, bridge setup, and remembering which runtime you launched last.</p> <p>I built Orbit as a native macOS workspace to keep those accounts in one place. It can switch the active Codex account, launch non-active accounts in isolated CODEX_HOME workspaces, reuse local Claude profiles, and automatically choose direct provider wiring or a local bridge when a provider only supports chat/completions.</p> <p>Repo: <a href="https://github.com/aikilan/Orbit" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/aikilan/Orbit</a><br> Download: <a href="https://github.com/aikilan/Orbit/releases/download/2.0.0/Orbit.zip" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/aikilan/Orbit/releases/download/2.0.0/Orbit.zip</a></p> macos opensource ai claude