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OpenAI's ChatGPT Desktop App Bundles Python, Node.js, and LibreOffice

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The OpenAI Codex desktop application, now known as ChatGPT, includes a substantial 1.7GB runtime in its cache folder. This runtime contains a full Python and Node.js installation, along with native binaries for tools like Poppler, Git, and the LibreOffice office suite. Skills within the application are configured to locate and utilize these bundled binaries. AI

IMPACT Bundling extensive runtimes like Python, Node.js, and LibreOffice within AI applications could increase their utility for complex tasks but also significantly bloat their size.

RANK_REASON The item details the bundled software within a specific application, which falls under the 'tool' category.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Desktop App Bundles Python, Node.js, and LibreOffice

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Codex bundles LibreOffice

    <p>I was poking around in my <code>~/.cache/</code> folder using <a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/more">OmniDiskSweeper</a> when I spotted something interesting. The OpenAI Codex desktop app (since <a href="https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001276-moving-to-the-new-chatgpt-…

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