opendesk for Mac, Windows and Linux, with system notifications, an unread badge and links that open straight in the app. For opendesk Cloud or your own server.
macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Windows 10 or later · x64 and arm64
AppImage for x64 · .deb files below
Every file comes from the same release on GitHub, built from the code in the repository. Install it once and it keeps itself up to date.
Installation helpEach release lists the SHA-256 of every file it ships. Compare it with shasum -a 256 on macOS and Linux, or Get-FileHash on Windows.
The app shows your server’s own web app, so everything works the way it does in the browser, and adds what a tab cannot.
Assigned to you, mentioned, a customer replied, an SLA breached. When the window is behind, they arrive as system notifications.
The dock or taskbar icon shows how many notifications you have not read, and clears as you read them.
Click a notification and its ticket opens. opendesk:// links go straight to a page; other sites open in your browser.
Google, Microsoft and GitHub sign-in opens your default browser and hands you back to the app, signed in.
New versions download in the background and install when you restart. Join the beta channel to get them early.
Choose opendesk Cloud or your own address the first time it opens, and switch whenever you like.
Stay signed in to more than one account and move between them without signing out.
A translucent sidebar on macOS and mica on Windows 11. Light and dark follow your system.
A native iPhone app with push for new chats, replies and mentions, for opendesk Cloud or your own server. It is not in the App Store yet.
The guide covers each system, connecting to your server, notifications and how updates arrive.
The app works with opendesk Cloud and with your own server. Start free in a minute, or self-host it tonight.
curl -fsSL https://opendesk.sh/install.sh | sh