OpenAI releases ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in preview
Original: Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview
Why This Matters
Bringing Codex and ChatGPT natively to Linux expands OpenAI's developer platform reach to a core engineering audience.
OpenAI launched a preview of the ChatGPT desktop app for Linux on August 11, 2026, supporting Ubuntu 24.04/26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43/44, on both x64 and ARM64 architectures, available as .deb and .rpm packages.
OpenAI released a preview version of the ChatGPT desktop app for Linux on August 11, 2026, integrating ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex into a single native desktop experience. Supported distributions include Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44, with both x64 and ARM64 architecture support. Packages are available in .deb and .rpm formats. The app is designed as a unified workspace for managing projects, working with files, using browser workflows, and running Codex alongside ChatGPT. An OpenAI team member noted on X that the Linux version is considered close to feature parity with the macOS and Windows counterparts. Early community feedback includes a report of Japanese IME input issues on Fedora 44 with KDE Plasma and Wayland using Fcitx 5, a known compatibility concern with Electron-based apps. Users also noted that the official download page does not consistently expose cross-platform download links. Direct download links for .deb packages have been shared by community members as a workaround. The app has also been reported to function within WSL Ubuntu 24.04 via WSLg on Windows.