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Arc Browser Use
Arc Browser Use is an open-source patch tool that makes Codex browser control work in the Arc browser on Mac.
Arc Browser Use solves a compatibility issue where Codex browser control stalls on the first tab in the Arc browser. It patches OpenAI's ChatGPT extension locally on macOS, bypassing Arc's lack of support for Chrome's tab-group API. The project downloads the official extension from the Chrome Web Store, verifies its signature, applies specific patches to background scripts, and writes the build to a local directory for manual loading in Arc. It includes commands to build, check setup, and update the extension. Supported platforms include macOS and the Arc browser.
Arc Browser Use at a glance
Key features
- Patches the ChatGPT extension for Arc compatibility
- Downloads and verifies extensions from the Chrome Web Store
- Bypasses missing tab-group API support in Arc
- Retains official extension ID using publisher public key
- Reports browser name as Arc
- Provides a local build directory for unpacked extension loading
Use it for
- Using Codex browser control in the Arc browser
- Opening websites and retrieving page titles with Codex in Arc
Companions
Tools that articles about Arc Browser Use recommend using with it, each with its job.
- Codex — Built to work with Codex.
- Context7 — Provides up-to-date documentation for AI agents and code editors.
- Firecrawl — Provides direct web data access for AI agents with open source flexibility.
- Composio — One login for GitHub, Linear, Slack and 1,000+ apps.
- Superpowers — Plan, test and execute workflows across harnesses.
- Impeccable — Audits and improves UI design, typography and accessibility.
Alternatives to Arc Browser Use
- Codex Chatgpt Web — Native model integration
- Codex with ChatGPT — Uses idle ChatGPT Plus quotas for coding agent planning and review.
- Codex Host — Runs different AI coding assistants simultaneously in the native Codex Desktop window.
- CodexPro — It connects ChatGPT directly to local codebases through bounded local tools.
- Make your ChatGPT plan go further — Routes prompts efficiently to save over 50 percent on token usage.
- CodexBar — See Codex, Claude, Cursor and 86 other limits in the menu bar
- OpenCodex — Runs Codex and Claude Code on over 40 language providers with zero client patches.
- Rill Browser — Runs on your existing AI plans with automatic project detection.
- CircleIt — Sends web page markups directly to a running coding agent session.
- TODO app + OpenCode terminal, in the tab — Runs the app, dev server, and AI agent completely inside a browser tab.
- Codex Router — It enables external models like DeepSeek and Kimi inside Codex securely.
- Lancetta — It calculates exact quota guidance locally without spending any model tokens.
All Arc Browser Use alternatives