You asked, we listened. Claude Desktop on Linux is here! Download link: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-linux…

Claude Desktop on Linux (beta) - Claude Code Docs

Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-linux The desktop app on Linux gives you the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code experience as macOS and Windows: parallel sessions, visual diff review, an integrated terminal and editor, and live app preview. SeeUse Claude Code Desktopfor the full feature reference.

Requirements

• Ubuntu 22.04 or later, or Debian 12 or later
• x86_64 or arm64

Other Debian-based distributions that meet these requirements may work but aren’t officially tested.

Install

Install from Anthropic’s apt repository so that updates arrive through your system’s regular package updates.

Verify the signing key

You can confirm the downloaded signing key belongs to Anthropic:

gpg --show-keys /usr/share/keyrings/claude-desktop-archive-keyring.asc

The fingerprint should be31DD DE24 DDFA B679 F42D 7BD2 BAA9 29FF 1A7E CACE.

Install from a downloaded file

If you can’t use the apt repository, download the\.debpackage for your architecture (x64 or arm64) fromclaude.com/download, then either open it with your software installer or run from your download directory:

sudo apt install ./claude-desktop_*.deb

A\.debinstalled this way doesn’t receive updates. To get updates through apt, add the repository as shown above, or uncomment thedebline in the placeholder entry the package writes to/etc/apt/sources\.list\.d/claude\-desktop\.list.

Update

The desktop app doesn’t update itself on Linux. Updates arrive with your system’s regular package updates:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Your distribution’s graphical software updater will also pick up new versions.

Uninstall

sudo apt remove claude-desktop

This removes the signing key along with the app, so if you added the repository entry during install, remove it too:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/claude-desktop.list

What’s not in the Linux beta yet

• Computer Use:app and screen controlisn’t available on Linux.
• Dictation: voice input isn’t available in the Linux desktop app. Usevoice dictationin the CLI instead.
• Quick Entry global hotkey: works on X11. On native Wayland it requires your desktop environment’s GlobalShortcuts portal.
• Fedora and RHEL: only Debian-based distributions are supported today. Support for additional distributions is coming in the future.

For anything not yet available in the desktop app, theCLIruns the same Claude Code engine and supports a wider range of Linux distributions; see thesystem requirements.

ClaudeDevs (@ClaudeDevs): Claude Desktop is now available on Linux (Ubuntu and Debian) in beta.

Alongside the browser and terminal, you now get a first-class desktop experience with Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and chat on all paid plans.