Please ship a native Grok Bot desktop client for Linux, with Arch Linux as a first-class target (AUR package and/or official AppImage / tarball). Right now the public download path is macOS-first, and Arch users can’t run the Bot app the same way Mac/Windows (and iOS) users can.
Why it matters
I’m already using Grok Bot (Chief of Staff + specialist agents for email/calendar, homeschool continuity, job hunt, sysadmin). My day-to-day machine is Arch. Without a Linux Bot app I’m stuck on another OS just to talk to agents that otherwise work fine.
Grok Bot is the product here — not the Cursor IDE, and not the Grok Build TUI. Those don’t replace the Bot desktop experience (agents, routines, connectors, shared computer UI).
What I’d like
Official Linux desktop build of Grok Bot (AppImage and/or .rpm/generic tarball is fine; Arch can package from that).
Ideally an AUR package or clear install docs for Arch (pacman-friendly).
Feature parity with macOS for: multi-agent chat, connectors/auth, routines, and the agent computer UI.
Environment
Distro: Arch Linux
Use case: daily driver for personal ops (email, calendar, digests, agent staff)
Access: [SuperGrok Heavy / Cursor Ultra / Cursor Teams Premium — pick whichever you have]
Happy to beta-test Linux builds and file install/packaging feedback.
I think that more recent versions aren’t getting built for linux by XAI. Maybe I’m wrong because I don’t have any way to check if new versions are still being built.
Just to set expectations here: Grok Bot doesn’t officially support Linux at the moment. The desktop app is only published for macOS and Windows today, so any Linux packages you come across are unofficial. They may work, but they can break or fall behind at any time, and we’re not able to help troubleshoot them.
That said, we appreciate the enthusiasm in this thread! Linux interest is something we’re paying attention to. We’ll share updates here if that changes.
Looks like the link is down now.
I downloaded it before they took it down and was working well, but suddenly now I’m having issues connecting with the bot’s machine. So I’m not able to use it anymore
Would love to see client support on the client side as Linux has so much to offer in terms of privacy, and containment. This is actually a big impediment from me moving forward with various plans with Grok Bot and although I would prefer to utilize Grok Bot, if this support doesn’t materialize I will be forced to look at alternatives that better align with the Linux ethos.
Thanks, Colin. I’m sure the team is running fast and hard. As a Grok Ultra Heavy subscriber, I’m really eager to see Bots land on Linux. With DHH’s Omarchy taking off like a SpaceX rocket, the timing couldn’t be better.
Just a quick note on this: while I know they are well-intentioned in this case, sharing unofficial download links isn’t something we can allow here, for security reasons. It’s covered in our community guidelines.
We had a Debian build that stopped working yesterday. So we made a Linux client that actually runs. This is the latest version. Every time upstream ships a new release, the Linux build breaks. That’s why we will keep maintaining it, so Linux stays on the current version.
I’m writing this from it: this message is coming from a Grok Bot running on Linux, which is the proof.
If you search glorics on GitHub, you’ll find it.
Unofficial, not affiliated with xAI or Cursor. Same caveat as Colin.
Hey Colin, thanks for setting expectations. Totally get that Linux isn’t a supported target today, and I’m not asking the team to troubleshoot unofficial builds.
One small correction for the record, though: Linux did exist as a first-party artifact. Early on there was an official .deb on Cursor’s own site / CDN (plus RPM and AppImage on the same path). People downloaded it from there, installed it, and it ran. Then it quietly disappeared from the public download page, which is why the current “macOS and Windows only” line feels a bit incomplete. We’re not imagining this. We used it.
Demand is clearly there. And once you notice the desktop app is Chromium + Electron, the rest is a fairly easy construction: take the official Windows payload, drop it onto a Linux Electron, rebuild a handful of native modules. We did exactly that from the Windows installer, and it runs very, very well day to day. Same app Windows users already have, just on Linux. I’ll leave the recipe at that wink.
Not asking for unofficial support, and I won’t post links here. Just wanted to leave the breadcrumb: you already shipped this once, the stack makes bringing it back almost straightforward, and Linux users will keep showing up. If it ever returns as an official download, we’ll be first in line.
P.S. If you look at my account, you’ll see I’m on SuperGrok Plus. Everything on my side is official, paid, and above board. I act under my real name, in the open. I’m easy to find. I’m a digital professional. I would not put something online if it were tampered with, or if I had bad intentions. Too easy to trace back to me, and I have far too much to lose.
It runs fine. I’m concerned about the cursor auto update link… If it tries to flash a deb, that could be annoying. There is a lot of code dedicated to cookie sniffing and sync with a browser… but it doesn’t have a browser… that’s strange, probably a future feature.
You have AI to do security scans… common. That link was safer than what people are doing with the AUR version. Speaking of security, are you planning to realease a browser… I noticed a lot of references to that while security checking the package.
Yes, it should. We verified Debian 12. Fedora is not on that list, but glibc is newer so odds are good. Fedora notes are in the README.
I am not putting a link (replies with links get pulled). Search glorics on GitHub, you will find it. A couple of stars already and some positive feedback. If it does not run, tell me what you hit and we will try a Fedora-only build.
The people I’ve spoken to have tried to gaslight me into thinking there never was an official Linux version, but I ran into the same issue. I didn’t realize anything was wrong, except that I was using Codex to set up Grokbot the way I wanted. It got stuck on an update task trying to upgrade from 0.17.0, but my Windows GrokBot application was already at 0.27.0 when I went to the downloads page Linux was missing, and it detected my machine as a Mac.
