Codex Desktop: Add support for PhpStorm in 'Open in' IDE list

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Feb 6, 2026 by eugene-barsky-revizto Closed Mar 7, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Description

PhpStorm is missing from the "Open in" IDE dropdown in Codex Desktop, while all other JetBrains IDEs are present:

IntelliJ IDEA ✅
GoLand ✅
RustRover ✅
PyCharm ✅
WebStorm ✅
PhpStorm ❌

Details

The IDE list is defined in the bundled main-CQwPb0Th.js inside app.asar. Each JetBrains IDE has an entry like:

{id:"webstorm",label:"WebStorm",icon:"apps/webstorm.svg",
 detect:()=>na("webstorm",["/Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/webstorm"],"WebStorm","webstorm"),
 args:(t,e)=>ra(t,e)}

PhpStorm simply needs to be added to this list:

{id:"phpstorm",label:"PhpStorm",icon:"apps/phpstorm.png",
 detect:()=>na("phpstorm",["/Applications/PhpStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/phpstorm"],"PhpStorm","phpstorm"),
 args:(t,e)=>ra(t,e)}

Environment

OS: macOS (Darwin 25.2.0, arm64)
Codex Desktop version: latest as of 2025-02-06
PhpStorm: installed at /Applications/PhpStorm.app, confirmed running

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6 Comments

etraut-openai contributor · 5 months ago

This overlaps with #10428

besfortoruci · 5 months ago

@etraut-openai Is there any progress on this issue? Since all other JetBrains editors are supported, leaving only PhpStorm out feels more like an oversight than a specific issue with PhpStorm

mikerogne · 5 months ago

@etraut-openai Is there any progress on this issue? Since all other JetBrains editors are supported, leaving only PhpStorm out feels more like an oversight than a specific issue with PhpStorm

I actually used Codex Desktop to help me figure out a workaround for this as it was driving me nuts! :)

mkdir -p "$HOME/Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/MacOS"

cat > "$HOME/Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/webstorm" <<'SH'
#!/bin/sh
exec "/Applications/PhpStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/phpstorm" "$@"
SH

chmod +x "$HOME/Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/webstorm"

Then fully quit/reopen Codex Desktop.
Go back to settings, set "Open in" to "WebStorm".
Links now open in PhpStorm.

The end result is a new file is created: /Users/YOURNAME/Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/webstorm:

#!/bin/sh
exec "/Applications/PhpStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/phpstorm" "$@"

This makes links in Codex Desktop open perfectly for me. Will work until they release an update to handle it natively.

hivokas · 5 months ago

@mikerogne awesome workaround, thanks!

Hope to get the native support though soon!

philo23 · 4 months ago

This appears to be fixed now, PhpStorm is now showing up in Codex 👍

besfortoruci · 4 months ago

🥳