# MiniMax launches Mini Apps in its MiniMax Code desktop app

> Original title: Introducing MiniMax Code Mini App

- Source: MiniMax Blog
- Published: 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/b61x8932vvi5pnl0wcog2fa1s
- Original: https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-code-mini-app-1792650729

## Summary

MiniMax launches Mini Apps in local sessions of its MiniMax Code desktop app for macOS and Windows. A Mini App is a plugin with a frontend and a Node.js backend that can call and be called by the Agent through hosted MCP. The release includes the Mini App runtime, the /miniapp-creator tool that builds apps from a chat request, official apps in the plugin marketplace, and the open-source MiniMax-Code-MiniApps repository.

## Why it matters

The post explains a concrete architecture for keeping agent work on a persistent page, with clear security boundaries, which helps readers evaluate the approach against their own workflows.