{"slug": "claude-desktop-is-now-available-on-linux-in-beta", "title": "Claude Desktop is now available on Linux (in beta)", "summary": "Anthropic released a beta version of the Claude Desktop app for Linux, supporting Ubuntu 22.04+ and Debian 12+ on x86_64 and arm64. The beta includes Chat, Cowork, and Code tabs but lacks Computer Use, dictation, and support for Fedora or RHEL. Users can install via apt repository or download a .deb package.", "body_md": "Linux support for the Claude desktop app is in beta. The Chat, Cowork, and Code tabs are all available.\n\n[Use Claude Code Desktop](/docs/en/desktop)for the full feature reference.\n\n## Requirements\n\n- Ubuntu 22.04 or later, or Debian 12 or later\n- x86_64 or arm64\n\n## Install\n\nInstall from Anthropic’s apt repository so that updates arrive through your system’s regular package updates.Verify the signing key\n\nVerify the signing key\n\nYou can confirm the downloaded signing key belongs to Anthropic:The fingerprint should be\n\n`31DD DE24 DDFA B679 F42D 7BD2 BAA9 29FF 1A7E CACE`\n\n.### Install from a downloaded file\n\nIf you can’t use the apt repository, download the`.deb`\n\npackage for your architecture (x64 or arm64) from [claude.com/download](https://claude.com/download), then either open it with your software installer or run from your download directory:\n\n`.deb`\n\ninstalled this way doesn’t receive updates. To get updates through apt, add the repository as shown above, or uncomment the `deb`\n\nline in the placeholder entry the package writes to `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/claude-desktop.list`\n\n.\n## Update\n\nThe desktop app doesn’t update itself on Linux. Updates arrive with your system’s regular package updates:## Uninstall\n\n## What’s not in the Linux beta yet\n\n**Computer Use**:[app and screen control](/docs/en/desktop#let-claude-use-your-computer)isn’t available on Linux.** Dictation**: voice input isn’t available in the Linux desktop app. Use[voice dictation](/docs/en/voice-dictation)in 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.\n\n[CLI](/docs/en/quickstart)runs the same Claude Code engine and supports a wider range of Linux distributions; see the\n\n[system requirements](/docs/en/setup#system-requirements).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-is-now-available-on-linux-in-beta", "canonical_source": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-linux", "published_at": "2026-06-30 16:09:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-30 16:20:37.553727+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Desktop", "Ubuntu", "Debian", "Claude Code"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-is-now-available-on-linux-in-beta", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-is-now-available-on-linux-in-beta.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-is-now-available-on-linux-in-beta.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-desktop-is-now-available-on-linux-in-beta.jsonld"}}