Linux users finally get an official taste of the ChatGPT desktop experience after years of relying on workarounds and third-party alternatives
For context, native ChatGPT desktop apps have been available on macOS and Windows for some time. Linux users, meanwhile, have been stuck cobbling together unofficial wrappers, Snap packages, and community-built GitHub projects just to get something resembling the same experience. Some even figured out how to run the Windows version natively on distributions like Ubuntu.
OpenAI set up a dedicated sign-up page on its website back in 2024 for users who wanted to be notified about potential Linux support. That waitlist has remained open with no concrete timeline communicated.
During that waiting period, the macOS and Windows versions of ChatGPT’s desktop app kept accumulating features. Conversation management tools, agent plugins, and most recently the integration of Codex functionality in mid-2026 all shipped to those platforms while Linux users watched from the sidelines.
