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77> Linux support for the Claude desktop app is in beta.
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9The desktop app on Linux gives you the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code experience as on macOS and Windows: parallel sessions, visual diff review, an integrated terminal and editor, and live app preview. See [Use Claude Code Desktop](/docs/en/desktop) for the feature reference.
9The desktop app on Linux gives you the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code experience as on macOS and Windows: parallel sessions, visual diff review, an integrated terminal and editor, and live app preview. See [Use Claude Code Desktop](/docs/en/desktop.md) for the feature reference.
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1111## Requirements
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1313* A Debian-based distribution: Ubuntu 22.04 or later, or Debian 12 or later
1414* x86\_64 or arm64
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16Other Debian-based distributions that meet these requirements may work but aren't officially tested. On distributions that aren't Debian-based, such as Fedora or Arch, run the [CLI](/docs/en/setup#system-requirements) instead. If you work on Windows with WSL 2, install the Windows desktop app and run sessions inside your distribution; see [Claude Code Desktop in WSL](/docs/en/desktop-wsl).
16Other Debian-based distributions that meet these requirements may work but aren't officially tested. On distributions that aren't Debian-based, such as Fedora or Arch, run the [CLI](/docs/en/setup.md#system-requirements) instead. If you work on Windows with WSL 2, install the Windows desktop app and run sessions inside your distribution; see [Claude Code Desktop in WSL](/docs/en/desktop-wsl.md).
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1818### Cowork requirements
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6868Launch **Claude** from your application launcher, or run `claude-desktop` from a terminal, and sign in with your Anthropic account.
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70The Linux app signs in the same way as on macOS and Windows: with a claude.ai subscription, or through your organization's SSO. For API-key authentication, use the [CLI](/docs/en/quickstart). To use Desktop with Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Agent Platform, Microsoft Foundry, or an LLM gateway instead, see [Claude Desktop on 3P](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview). For proxy servers and custom certificate authorities in those deployments, see [network configuration](/docs/en/network-config).
70The Linux app signs in the same way as on macOS and Windows: with a claude.ai subscription, or through your organization's SSO. For API-key authentication, use the [CLI](/docs/en/quickstart.md). To use Desktop with Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Agent Platform, Microsoft Foundry, or an LLM gateway instead, see [Claude Desktop on 3P](https://claude.com/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview). For proxy servers and custom certificate authorities in those deployments, see [network configuration](/docs/en/network-config.md).
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7272### Install from a downloaded file
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159159## What's not in the Linux beta yet
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161* **Computer Use**: [app and screen control](/docs/en/desktop#let-claude-use-your-computer) isn't available on Linux.
162* **Dictation**: voice input isn't available in the Linux desktop app. Use [voice dictation](/docs/en/voice-dictation) in the CLI instead.
161* **Computer Use**: [app and screen control](/docs/en/desktop.md#let-claude-use-your-computer) isn't available on Linux.
162* **Dictation**: voice input isn't available in the Linux desktop app. Use [voice dictation](/docs/en/voice-dictation.md) in the CLI instead.
163163* **Quick Entry global hotkey**: works on X11. On native Wayland it requires your desktop environment's GlobalShortcuts portal.
164164* **Fedora and RHEL**: only Debian-based distributions are supported today. Support for additional distributions is coming in the future.
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166For anything not yet available in the desktop app, the [CLI](/docs/en/quickstart) runs the same Claude Code engine and supports a wider range of Linux distributions; see the [system requirements](/docs/en/setup#system-requirements).
166For anything not yet available in the desktop app, the [CLI](/docs/en/quickstart.md) runs the same Claude Code engine and supports a wider range of Linux distributions; see the [system requirements](/docs/en/setup.md#system-requirements).
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