Anthropic, please ship an official Claude Desktop for Linux

predkambrij

Cowork already boots Ubuntu 22.04 internally on macOS. The Linux execution path exists inside the product. What's missing is a published build.

shanewei

What do you miss from the Desktop app that the CLI doesn’t cover? I’m mostly on Linux too and have just been using the CLI, so I’m curious.

Retr0id

If only Anthropic had some kind of automated tool that was good at porting software

skeledrew

YES! But also hmm, maybe not. I literally installed the unofficial build[0] a few hours ago, and when I started it and saw a bunch of Electron processes immediately trigger my spawn swarm detector, I just closed it. Don't think I'll ever touch it again. [0] https://github.com/aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian

dahkenangnon

We are all waiting for it.

robrain

Just one-shot vibe it for yourself. Lame, I know, but you have to entertain yourself sometimes when the only thing anybody talks about here is ruddy spicy autocorrect and self-inflicted job destruction.

JohnHaugeland

just use WINE or docker

znpy

That will come the year after the year of linux on. The desktop /s

aaddrick

Hey! I manage the unofficial build at https://github.com/aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian Debian is in the name, but scope has grown to all backends, compositors, etc. The main reason must companies don't publish Linux electron apps is fragmentation. If you're doing anything more than rendering a webpage as an app, it starts to get complicated. I've got a bank of VM's setup for testing, and I still need it up.

cyanydeez

Why would they do that with their...checks notes...software changing AI?

jeremyjh

If you feel that strongly about it, why not write the issue description yourself?

zoba

Also can you please make it easy to switch between my work and personal accounts on mobile!

shmoil

>> Anthropic, please ship an official malware for Linux Here, fixed it for you.

taspeotis

Personally I don’t understand why Claude Code doesn’t have a mode to make text green and characters come down from the top of the screen individually, like in The Matrix.

JSeiko

Yes please! I think it's just kinda weird that this hasn't been done yet.

coretx

Why dont you ask Claude to write you a TUI ?

bytepursuits

I thought going into ipo they were selling the idea that claude is already build claude.

dstnn

You're better off just using code cli

kentf

Our app, Runner: Cowork++ Supports linux :) https://runner.now/

himhckr

Not exactly Claude Desktop but we have something more "generic" that works across multiple OSes (written in Tauri) - Msty Claw [1]. It also comes with a companion E2E encrypted mobile app. [1]: https://msty.ai/claw/features