Rose Orbit
A soft pink portrait layout with calm contrast and a glassy workspace.
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Make Codex look impossible. Keep it safe to use.
Turn your own image into a readable Codex skin, hatch a custom pet, and learn the workflow from $1.99, $4.99 and $9.99 downloads. Private artwork stays in your browser.
Local image processingData-only recipesReview-first install
Codex · Rose Orbit01 / 12
12full-frame concepts
0private image uploads
$1.99first paid guide
Dream Skin gallery
Twelve concepts, shown without cutting the punchline in half.
Every full image opens directly in the studio. The scene creates the surprise; Home, Task and Diff previews keep the result usable.
Prosperity Protocol
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Red Horizon
A clean coral science-fiction scene that keeps code and tasks legible.
Clear Focus
An airy portrait treatment with quiet surfaces and low visual noise.
Spark Mode
A bright illustrated workspace for high-energy creative sessions.
Violet Signal
A dark purple portrait skin with luminous controls and focused panels.
Digital Pop
A cyan-tinted character concept with crisp dark-mode readability.
Stage Gold
A black-and-gold stage concept that turns the workspace into a poster.
Midnight Idol
A dramatic black-and-gold fan concept with a poster-like Codex workspace.
Retro Command
A satirical propaganda-poster treatment with a strong red navigation rail.
Rose Companion
A soft pink companion concept with a clear task rail and spacious composer.
Strawberry Debugger
A playful strawberry portrait concept built around warmth and comic contrast.
Fan-made portraits, political satire, characters and recognizable IP are composition inspiration only. They are not included in paid downloads and are not licensed for resale. Publish or sell only artwork you own or are licensed to use.
A wider product loop
Novelty attracts. Companions retain. Proof gets shared.
Skins, pets and skills can all spread, but they do not belong in one permission bucket. Keeping those boundaries visible is the product.
Skins
Images, crop, dimming, panel opacity and color tokens create the first surprising moment.
Data only. A skin never carries scripts or provider settings.Build a skinPets
Turn your own dog, cat or original character into nine readable Codex states, then validate the atlas locally.
Image or sprite data. A pet changes appearance, not task behavior.Open the pet makerSkills
Skills can teach a repeatable workflow and create durable value beyond decoration.
Review separately. Skills can affect behavior and must never hide inside a theme.Open Codex SkillsBuild Bug · local progression
It breathes fire only after a real build.
Contrast pass, native export and recipe export unlock separate badges. No prompt-count vanity score, no fake professional rank.
Contrast KeeperNative ShipperRecipe Builder
Downloadable Codex tutorials
Sell the shortcut before selling more software.
Three focused downloads cover skin setup, custom-pet production and reusable composition settings. Every file unlocks only after Stripe verifies payment.
$1.99one time
Skin Quickstart
A concise bilingual path from rights check to readable export and restore.
- English and Chinese walkthroughs
- Artwork-rights checklist
- Native theme example
- Install safety checklist
$4.99one time
Pet Hatch Playbook
A nine-state production and launch kit for your own pet, a consented portrait or an original character.
- Nine-state storyboard
- v1/v2 atlas and QA maps
- Rights and consent checklist
- Editable launch captions
$9.99one time
Starter Recipe Pack
Three data-only compositions plus pet and trust-boundary guides. No celebrity artwork is bundled.
- Three editable recipe JSON files
- Custom-pet preparation checklist
- Skin, pet and skill safety map
- Receipt-verified download
The paid ZIPs contain tutorial text and declarative settings only—no celebrity images, executable code, arbitrary CSS, API keys or provider configuration.
Private atlas QA + official link
Inspect all nine actions before you install.
Choose the matching atlas version, validate dimensions, format and transparency locally, then preview each standard action from the real sprite sheet.
Open the complete pet makerChoose a local atlas to run browser-only checks.
Your validated pet will appear here.Reduced-motion mode freezes the first frame. Extra v2 look-direction rows are validated by size but are not represented by these nine standard state tabs.
How Dream Skin really works
Prepare the art online. Run only the engine you reviewed.
The website mirrors the upstream sequence instead of pretending a ZIP can install itself.
Choose and frame
Use a wide, rights-cleared image and keep high-detail subjects away from the reading column.
Tune real surfaces
Preview Home, Task and Diff while adjusting position, dim, blur, panel opacity and readable colors.
Export a reviewable recipe
Build a six-file, data-only archive with hashes. It is an unsigned local recipe—not an executable installer.
Install, verify, restore
Use the upstream platform entry, test native controls and practice the documented restore path.
Browser studio→Data recipe→Reviewed engine→Official Codex UI
Install and restore
One goal, different platform capabilities.
Download and custom-service content now lives here. The platform cards state what the upstream repository supports today.
Native appearance
Use Codex Settings for base theme, accent, background, foreground and fonts. Background images are not part of this mode.
- No CDP session
- Shareable color theme
- Stock recovery is immediate
Dream Skin Studio
The upstream macOS flow validates the official app, installs to a stable user path and supports Finder-based image customization.
- Install and customize
- Start, verify and restore
- PNG, JPEG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP
Dream Skin scripts
The upstream Windows flow supports install, start, screenshot verification and restore. User-image customization is not yet at macOS parity.
- Install and start
- Verify and restore
- No false one-click recipe claim
Business model
Free ecosystem, paid convenience and craft.
Theme files are easy to copy and the audience is young. Charging for artificial scarcity would hurt growth; charge for outcomes people cannot copy from a ZIP.
$0No account
For personal experiments and public, rights-cleared themes.
- Local skin studio
- Pet sprite validator
- Data-only recipe
- Open-source engine links
$49One time
A polished skin based on artwork you are authorized to use.
- Two color variants
- Home, Task and Diff preview
- One revision
- Install and restore guidance
ScopedWritten brief
For brand systems, deployment planning and compatibility ownership.
- Brand tokens and assets
- Platform scope
- Rollout and rollback plan
- Commercial usage terms
A signed cross-platform helper, cloud sync or marketplace should launch only after code signing, recovery testing, rights review, refunds and tax handling are real—not as a promise sold early.
Privacy by construction
Your image does not need a server round trip.
Upload, decode, palette extraction, preview, WebP encoding, pet validation and badge state happen in your browser. We do not read Codex conversations, projects, API keys or model settings.
Read the safety modelYour image→Your browser→Your local export
Common questions
Know which layer you are trusting.
Does CodexSkin upload my skin or pet image?
No. The current studio and pet validator work locally. A pet install deep link uses an HTTPS image URL that you provide; CodexSkin does not host or fetch that image.
Can the exported recipe install itself?
No. It is an unsigned, ZIP-compatible review artifact. The upstream Dream Skin engine has its own platform install, customization, verification and restore entries.
Are pet levels official Codex levels?
No. Build Bug progression is a local CodexSkin feedback loop tied to successful studio milestones. Its certificate is self-verified and is not an OpenAI, employer or educational credential.
Why keep skills separate from themes?
A skill can change how Codex approaches work, while a skin should only change appearance. Combining them would hide a behavioral permission inside a decorative download.
What is inside the paid downloads?
The $1.99 ZIP covers skin setup, the $4.99 playbook covers nine-state pet production and launch, and the $9.99 pack adds three declarative skin recipes. None includes the fan-made portrait concepts shown in the gallery.
Start with one image
Make the first surprise useful enough to keep.
Build a readable skin, validate a pet, then export something you can inspect and restore.