announcing · august 11, 2026 · openai developer community
ChatGPT lands on Linux.
The desktop app is in preview — and it brings ChatGPT, Work, and Codex together in one native desktop experience. Built the Linux way: real packages, real package managers, no OS-sniffing gate between you and the download.
- ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- debian 13
- fedora 43
- fedora 44
- x64
- arm64
- .deb
- .rpm
01 / the film
See it run.
Forty-five seconds of the Linux desktop app in motion — the same film from the announcement, served from this page. No tracker, no consent wall, just the preview build doing its thing.
02 / the app
ChatGPT, Work, and Codex.
One native window.
Not a browser tab pretending to be an app. The desktop build is designed as a workspace: manage projects, work with files, run browser workflows, and keep Codex running alongside the conversation. Switch between its three modes below.
Conversation, at native speed.
The same ChatGPT you know, wrapped in a real desktop window with your projects in the sidebar. Keyboard-first, distraction-free, and quick to open from your app launcher of choice.
- full-window chat with project memory
- attach files, images, and logs
- system-native copy/paste, zoom, and shortcuts
A workspace for real projects.
Work mode is the desktop app's home base: manage projects, browse and edit files, and trigger browser workflows that check rendered output — all without leaving the window.
- project tree with file previews and diffs
- browser workflows against localhost or the web
- everything one keystroke from the conversation
Codex, in the terminal next door.
Codex is built in. Keep an agent running alongside chat — watch its plan, approve the diff, or steer it mid-task. Same window, same workspace, zero context switching.
- agent sessions with live plan and diff views
- runs against your real project tree
- chat and Codex share the workspace
03 / built the linux way
A workspace,
not a browser wrapper.
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Native packages, native tools
Ships as a real .deb for Ubuntu and Debian and a real .rpm for Fedora — installed by apt and dnf, updated like everything else on your machine. No AppImage guilt spiral required.
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Both architectures, first-class
x64 on your workstation, ARM64 on your laptop or homelab SBC — the same preview build, the same packages, on day one. The matrix below keeps it honest.
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Projects, files, browser workflows
The desktop app is designed as a workspace: manage projects, work with files, and let browser workflows verify rendered results while you keep talking to ChatGPT.
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Codex alongside ChatGPT
Run Codex in the same window as your conversation — plan, diff, approve, ship. Two brains, one workspace, zero tab archaeology.
04 / install
Every distro. Every arch.
Zero gatekeeping.
The community thread's top complaint about launch pages: downloads hidden behind OS detection. Fair. So here is the whole matrix, on the table — pick your distro, pick your architecture, copy the command. Everyone gets the same door.
distro
architecture
not sure what you're on?
$ uname -m
→ x86_64 is x64 · aarch64 is arm64
supported: ubuntu 24.04 LTS & 26.04 LTS · debian 13 · fedora 43 & 44
# 1 — grab your package from the official download page # https://openai.com/codex/ # 2 — install it (ubuntu 26.04 LTS · x64 · .deb) sudo apt install ./ChatGPT-Desktop_amd64.deb
package format: .deb · versions: 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS
the full support matrix
| distribution | package | x64 | arm64 | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | .deb | ✓ | ✓ | preview |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | .deb | ✓ | ✓ | preview |
| Debian 13 | .deb | ✓ | ✓ | preview |
| Fedora 43 | .rpm | ✓ | ✓ | preview |
| Fedora 44 | .rpm | ✓ | ✓ | preview |
every cell above ships today, in preview · downloads live at openai.com/codex · docs at learn.chatgpt.com/docs/app
05 / the source
From the community thread.
This page is a concept tribute to the real announcement — "Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview 🐧", posted to the OpenAI Developer Community on August 11, 2026. The film, the poster frame, and the share card below are the thread's own assets.
open the thread
"The ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview, bringing ChatGPT, Work, and Codex together in one native desktop experience."
06 / questions
Before you ask.
From the official page: openai.com/codex. Pick your distro's package and architecture there, or use the commands in the install section above. The documentation lives at learn.chatgpt.com/docs/app.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44 — on both x64 and ARM64. Ubuntu and Debian install from .deb packages; Fedora from .rpm. It's a preview, so expect the usual rough edges and rapid updates.
Codex runs inside the desktop app as an agent workspace, next to your ChatGPT conversations. You can manage projects, work with files, run browser workflows, and watch Codex's plans and diffs in the same window — the app is designed as one workspace for all of it.
No — this is an unofficial concept landing page built as a tribute to the announcement, with the thread's real assets embedded. For the real thing, use openai.com/codex and learn.chatgpt.com/docs/app. The original thread is here.
Because the replies to the announcement complained that download pages hide options per operating system — a Linux user on ARM couldn't easily find their package. This page answers that: the full distro × architecture × package matrix, with copy-paste commands, no detection games.
~ $ sudo apt install anticipation
Your package manager
has been waiting for this.
ubuntu · debian · fedora — x64 · arm64 — .deb · .rpm — 🐧