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FreeDesktop for Windows

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FreeDesktop 1.6.1 setup, 719 KB. Nothing to sign up for, no admin rights needed.

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Installation

Four steps, about a minute

Windows shows one warning first, because FreeDesktop is not signed with a paid certificate yet. This is how to get past it.

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FreeDesktopSetup.exe719 KB · Done
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Open FreeDesktopSetup.exe from your browser's download list or your Downloads folder.

Before you click “Run anyway”

What the warning means, and what FreeDesktop does

Why Windows warns

SmartScreen warns about every new program that is not signed with a paid code-signing certificate, whatever the program does. A signature tells you who published a file; it is not a security check of what the program does. FreeDesktop is not signed yet, so its publisher shows as unknown.

You can still check the file: its SHA-256 checksum is listed below, and Microsoft Defender scans it like any other download.

What the setup does

  • Installs into your user folder, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\FreeDesktop
  • Adds a Start menu entry, and a desktop shortcut if you want one
  • Adds itself to Settings > Apps, with a complete uninstaller
  • Asks before starting with Windows (off by default)

What it never does

  • No administrator rights, no system service, no driver
  • No account, no telemetry, no ads
  • No changes to Claude, ChatGPT, Antigravity or OpenCode
  • No network use, except the optional app updates through winget and the Extensions store when you open it

All files

Version 1.6.1

WindowsRecommended

Setup

Installs FreeDesktop with Start menu entry and uninstaller.

File
FreeDesktopSetup.exe
Size
719 KB
Runs on
Windows 10 and 11, x64 and ARM64
SHA-256ebd5cdec89fb6316691446bade16fdf01ea37355a789a8821b72254ff939c048
Download setup
WindowsPortable

Single exe

No installation: one file you can run from anywhere, a USB stick included.

File
FreeDesktop.exe
Size
394 KB
Runs on
Windows 10 and 11, x64 and ARM64
SHA-25616faed3e67c94bfac7d5bcc6eb50119f85d5a6c38fcb7723ba5dc2c1bcf70ffb
Download exe
LinuxCommand line

x86_64 and ARM64

One static file for any distribution: profiles for Claude Desktop and Antigravity, with launchers in your app menu.

Files
freedesktop-linux-x86_64, freedesktop-linux-aarch64
Size
about 0.5 MB
Start
chmod +x, then freedesktop list
SHA-256 (x86_64)4500c6b9fa8fe2a901035281059308f9f32d8ec6b807e2728e00e25af4ea591b
SHA-256 (ARM64)fef3e6188dc9b1167569120312e2a07ed30bd4a67006216c1f970155a2d0c5fd
x86_64ARM64

Check a file in PowerShell: Get-FileHash .\FreeDesktopSetup.exe · on Linux: sha256sum freedesktop-linux-x86_64

What's new

Recent versions

  1. 1.6.1Oct 2026
    • A loading view while an account starts, instead of a black window
    • The mouse hook runs on its own thread: no cursor stutter while FreeDesktop is busy
    • Close, Export, Clear data and Remove work in the background
    • Windows land on an existing screen after a monitor change
  2. 1.6.0Oct 2026
    • Extensions: build features with AI in your own words (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode)
    • Change any extension with AI, undo the last change
    • An extension store: Ask all accounts, Prompt library, Open at start, Memory guard
    • Publish your extensions to the Store, import and export them as files, safe mode with Shift
  3. 1.5.0Oct 2026
    • OpenCode support, one profile at a time
    • Memory use of every account, and Close
    • MCP servers of your main profile come to new profiles
    • Export and clear an app's data on this PC
    • App updates once a day through winget
    • A guided setup with uninstaller
  4. 1.4.0Oct 2026
    • Click into an account to type there, side by side
    • Drag tabs and accounts to rearrange them
    • Linux version
  5. 1.3.0Oct 2026
    • Top bar that slides away, full screen (F11)
  6. 1.2.0Oct 2026
    • Tabs and side by side in one window, Antigravity, Claude sign-in with Google

Installed? Create your first profile.

Open FreeDesktop, click New profile, pick the app and sign in once.

How it works