OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

OpenAI has launched a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, as announced on Tuesday. The company said Linux has been one of the most-requested platforms for the desktop app, and this launch extends ChatGPT and Codex across every major desktop operating system. The app, released in preview, is available worldwide and supports desktop variants of Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44. These distributions serve as bases for many downstream desktop distributions, which should also be compatible. OpenAI is slightly behind Anthropic, which released a Claude desktop app for Linux about a month ago, supporting Ubuntu 22.04 or later and Debian 12 or later.