This project is not affiliated with Anthropic. It simply repackages the official Claude Desktop application for Linux systems.

Automated Linux packages for Claude Desktop, built from the official Windows/MacOS installers. This project provides a maintenance-free way to install and update Claude Desktop on Debian/Ubuntu systems.

• Automatic Updates: Daily checks for new Claude Desktop releases
• Zero Maintenance: Fully automated build and distribution
• Transparency: All builds happen in public GitHub Actions
• Version History: All releases preserved with ability to rollback

Download the latest .deb package from the releases page:

# Download and install
wget https://github.com/leobuskin/unofficial-claude-desktop-linux/releases/download/v{VERSION}/claude-desktop_{VERSION}_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i claude-desktop_*.deb

To get notified of new releases:

1. Click "Watch" → "Custom" → "Releases" on this repository
2. Check the releases page regularly
3. Download and install new versions when available

1. Daily Automation: GitHub Actions runs every day at midnight UTC
2. Version Detection: Checks the official Claude Desktop Windows installer for new versions
3. Automatic Building: If a new version is found, builds Linux packages automatically
4. Distribution: Creates a GitHub release with built packages

If you want to build packages manually:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/leobuskin/unofficial-claude-desktop-linux.git
cd unofficial-claude-desktop-linux

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

# Build packages
claude-desktop-build build

• OS: Debian/Ubuntu (amd64)
• Dependencies: Automatically handled by the package manager

All packages are built using GitHub Actions for transparency. You can verify any build by:

1. Checking the GitHub Actions history
2. Comparing package checksums with release notes
3. Building from source and comparing results

If the tray icon doesn't appear, make sure you have a system tray extension installed:

• GNOME: AppIndicator extension
• KDE: Built-in support

The package automatically detects and enables Wayland support when available.

Contributions are welcome! The build process is fully automated, so contributions should focus on:

• Improving the build scripts
• Adding support for more distributions
• Enhancing error handling
• Documentation improvements

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Claude Desktop itself is proprietary software by Anthropic.

The native module stub (src/native/patchy-cnb) is derived from claude-desktop-linux-flake by k3d3, originally dual-licensed under MIT and Apache-2.0.

• Official Claude Desktop
• Anthropic
• Original Nix implementation - inspiration and native module approach

This project is not affiliated with Anthropic. It simply repackages the official Claude Desktop application for Linux systems.