[Feature Request] Claude Code Desktop application for Linux
Bug Description
Subject: Feature Request: Claude Code Desktop for Linux + Dispatch on Mobile
Hi Anthropic team,
I'm a .NET / C# developer working primarily on Linux (self-hosted services, ASP.NET Core, etc.) and I wanted to share some feedback:
Could you please consider releasing a native Claude Code Desktop application for Linux?
Currently, Claude Code is available as a CLI tool, which is great — but a desktop GUI app (similar to the macOS/Windows versions) would significantly improve the developer experience for Linux users.
Many developers in the .NET ecosystem, DevOps engineers, and self-hosted infrastructure folks run Linux as their primary OS. Having a first-class desktop experience on Linux would make Claude Code much more accessible and competitive with other AI coding assistants.
What would be ideal:
- A native .deb / .rpm / AppImage / Flatpak package
- Feature parity with the macOS and Windows desktop apps
- Proper system tray integration and notifications
Additionally, I've noticed that while Dispatch works in the mobile app, it requires Claude Desktop to be connected in order to function. Since there is no Claude Desktop available for Linux, I'm completely unable to use Dispatch on mobile — even though the feature itself is there. A Linux Desktop app would directly unblock this use case as well.
Thank you for building such a great product. I hope Linux desktop support is on the roadmap!
Best regards
Environment Info
- Platform: linux
- Terminal: gnome-terminal
- Version: 2.1.104
- Feedback ID: d77ed209-0dbc-431a-b180-9bb92d1b0e55
Errors
[{"error":"Error: NON-FATAL: Lock acquisition failed for /home/user01/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.104 (expected in multi-process scenarios)\n at KQ$ (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2838:2153)\n at ye8 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2838:1233)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-04-13T10:33:43.993Z"}]
4 Comments
+1, at my company we have several people using other apps (i.e: emdash, conductor, etc.) who would love to migrate to CC.
@leverow how come this issue is closed?
It's interesting - that they run their "Claude-Desktop" for Windows - and the claude-desktop for OSX ... under-the-os-hood - using Linux ... but choose not to put out a true supported native Linux version.
If you're really stuck - you can try some "creative" ports - of those underlying linux systems - to create installations for various distro's.
E.g. https://github.com/aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian
I have used the above - on Ubuntu 24.04.4 - with success. Other extractions of the true "formal" claude-desktop releases exist, do your research - and as always - don't-trust - verify ...
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