Doppel

Spec sheet

What it does

File Foundry is a native Apple Silicon macOS app with local first tools for finding exact duplicates, organizing media, and converting files with FFmpeg.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Purpose

Doppel creates separate ChatGPT desktop app instances with distinct accounts, data directories, names, and icons.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The documented remote workflow uses Codex for iPhone and SSH; Meshnet can provide a private network address, but Doppel does not install a VPN or configure internet routing.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Privacy

The app has no login, analytics, telemetry, tracking, or external SDKs and accesses only folders and files selected by the user.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker

The maker's GitHub profile describes Doppel as an open source, local first exact duplicate finder for Apple Silicon macOS with safe Trash cleanup and no login or telemetry.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Browser support

ChatGPT browser control uses a browser extension with native-messaging registration for Chromium browsers; instances can share one browser and its tabs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Current status

The Doppel repository was renamed to File Foundry, and the release notes say its published identity changed from Doppel to com.junowoz.filefoundry.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Data removal

Removing an instance keeps its account data unless purge is requested; purge moves eligible data to the Trash and refuses protected or shared paths.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Distinct app identity

Each instance is a real app bundle with its own bundle identifier, so macOS treats it as a separate app.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Downloads

The repository lists a drag to Applications DMG installer and an app bundle ZIP for manual installs or in app updates.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Duplicate detection

Duplicate Finder verifies exact duplicates byte for byte and moves selected copies to Trash without permanently deleting files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

FFmpeg requirement

Using Converter requires FFmpeg installed locally, and the page gives brew install ffmpeg as the install command.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

File conversion

Converter handles video, audio, and image files through a local FFmpeg executable with presets, command preview, cancellation, and overwrite refusal.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Instance management

The menu bar app can create, launch, rebuild, rename, recolor, and remove instances, and toggle Start at Login.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended use

The maker describes Doppel as local and for personal use, advises against redistributing a built instance, and says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Local cloning

Each instance is generated on the user’s Mac from their installed ChatGPT app; the project says it ships no vendor code.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker location

The maker's GitHub profile lists Brazil.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Media organization

Media Organizer scans selected media folders, plans a dated library, and creates verified copies while preserving originals.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

No integrations listed

The repository identifies local FFmpeg as a dependency but lists no external product integrations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platform requirement

Available builds are arm64 only and require macOS 14 or later.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Remote access

Doppel 2.0 beta supports connecting from the Codex iPhone app to a profile’s Mac listener using SSH and a private key.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Remote access limits

Remote access requires the Mac to stay awake with the user logged in, and account separation is not an operating-system sandbox.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security controls

Doppel verifies OpenAI update signatures, and its own app updates are checked through a signed GitHub appcast using an embedded EdDSA public key.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security limits

The project describes its protection boundary as the user account rather than the operating system, and says it is intended to protect against accidents and drift, not local malware.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Shared data

Isolation covers the Electron profile and CODEX_HOME, while notification and service app-group containers remain shared between instances and the primary app.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Update network access

The updater contacts GitHub Releases only after the user explicitly asks to check for updates.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Updates

Doppel checks OpenAI’s production appcast, verifies the vendor signature, and rebuilds managed instances after updating the primary app.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Duplicate File Finders#17 of 387.5