How to Run Codex with Local Models (LM Studio)

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Those of you who pay attention to AI developers on X and other platforms know they are always looking for ways to run powerful models locally. It is possible to run Codex on your Mac with a local model like Qwen3.6‑35B‑A3B 6‑bit on an M5 Max 128GB machine. To do something like this, you will need to point Codex’s backend to LM Studio’s OpenAI compatible server and tell Codex to use that provider and model.

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You can use a command like this to tell Codex to use LM Studio as a provider.

codex exec –oss –local-provider lmstudio -m qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
It is also possible to change the config file for Codex to achieve a permanent setup.
You are going to need a powerful piece of hardware to run AI locally but thanks to commands like this, you can get started in a couple of minutes:
codex --oss -m qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

 


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