Anthropic is shipping a native desktop client for Claude in beta, giving Ubuntu and Debian users direct access to the same Chat, Cowork, and Code tabs that macOS and Windows users already enjoy, all without switching to the browser or CLI.
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.
Paid subscribers can now run parallel sessions, review diffs, and use the integrated terminal and preview pane exactly as on other platforms, while free users stay limited to basic chat.
Computer Use and voice input are absent for now, and the global hotkey behaves differently under Wayland, so the exact timeline for those pieces and wider distro coverage stays unknown.
Many users praised the Claude Desktop Beta launch on Linux for Ubuntu and Debian as long-overdue and smoothly functional, while others rejected it for being too expensive, closed, and misaligned with requested features.
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You asked, we listened. Claude Desktop on Linux is here!
Download link: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-linux
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.
@bcherny where sonnet 5, boris?
You asked, we listened. Claude Desktop on Linux is here!
Download link: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-linux
@ClaudeDevs > first class desktop experience looks inside > it's vibecoded electron slop
can't even be bothered to vibecode native apps, smh. i thought you were on self-improving recursive loops, what went wrong.
@bcherny legend
@bcherny We asked for Fable 5, bro.
@ClaudeDevs Great news! When can we expect support for arch linux?
@ClaudeDevs Cowork hit a snag - KVM virtualization isn't fully set up
@ClaudeDevs @thsottiaux atleast release codex for linux too
@ClaudeDevs You 🤬 Why can't you give this when I used to use linux.
@bcherny does it support fable?
@bcherny Great
@ClaudeDevs as a Manjaro Linux user of the Arch Linux family, I've always waited for this.
damn 😩
@bcherny We ask for Fable but all good 🙃
@bcherny
@bcherny We want sonnet 5 !!
@cgaravitoqp @menoftribe @ClaudeDevs How
@ClaudeDevs So nice. Seems to be working like a charm on fedora too. No hacks required
@bcherny we asked for FABLE 5!!!!! 😭
@ClaudeDevs Why do I need this? On Linux? CIaude Code CLI works fine
@ClaudeDevs @trq212 @ClaudeDevs any plans on multiple parallel instances of Claude design? Allowing to work from the desktop on multiple pages/projects in parallel will be super useful
