Introducing Buda Desktop: connect your local computer to your AI workspace
Buda Desktop brings the agent workspace closer to your local machine, with local computer connection, desktop access, official downloads, and automatic updates.
Buda is becoming a desktop app.
Not because every product needs another icon in the dock.
Because AI agents are starting to work with the real environment around you: files, browser sessions, terminals, project context, and the local computer where work actually happens.
The browser version of Buda is still the fastest way to start. Open a tab, ask an agent to help, review the work, and move on.
But for daily work, a tab is not always enough.
When Buda is part of your real workflow — reviewing code, checking project files, watching browser automation, running terminal tasks, or keeping long sessions alive — it should feel like a workstation. Something you can keep open, return to, and trust as a stable place for agent work.
That is what Buda Desktop is for.
A desktop home for agent work
Buda Desktop gives your AI workspace a more permanent home on your computer.
Instead of treating each session like a disposable browser tab, the desktop app keeps Buda close to the work environment you already use. It lives in your dock or taskbar, opens like a normal app, and gives you a focused place for managing agents, sessions, files, browser surfaces, and execution context.
The goal is not to make the interface heavier.
The goal is to make agent work feel grounded.
When an agent is doing real work, the human still needs to see what happened, inspect outputs, approve sensitive steps, and decide what should happen next. A desktop workspace makes that loop easier to keep open.
Local computer connection
The important step is local computer connection.
Buda Desktop is prepared for workflows where agents can connect to the local computer environment, not only a remote browser tab. That means the desktop app can become the bridge between Buda's agent workspace and the machine where your files, tools, terminals, and daily work context live.
This matters because many useful agent tasks are local by nature:
- understanding project files on your machine
- helping with code review and implementation context
- using terminal workflows that belong to your environment
- keeping browser and desktop work in one reviewable loop
- letting humans supervise AI execution closer to the actual work
The point is not to let AI silently take over your computer.
The point is the opposite: keep humans in control while giving agents enough local context to execute useful work.
What you can do with Buda Desktop
Buda Desktop keeps the same core working model as Buda on the web:
- Agent Chat for instructions, review, and decision-making
- Drive for files and knowledge
- Terminal when work needs execution context
- Browser surfaces for web tasks and human review
- Sessions so work can continue over time
- Tool logs so actions remain visible and auditable
The difference is the posture.
In the browser, Buda is something you visit.
On desktop, Buda becomes something you keep ready.
Download Buda Desktop
The official Buda Desktop download page is here:
Use the official page so you get the current installer for your platform.
In general, you will see builds for:
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux
If you are sharing Buda with teammates, send the download page rather than an old installer file or an unknown link.
Choose the right installer
Pick the installer that matches your operating system.
macOS
If you are on a modern Apple Silicon Mac, download the Apple Silicon / arm64 build.
If you are on an older Intel Mac, download the Intel / x64 build.
Windows
Most users should choose the standard x64 Windows installer.
Linux
Linux users may see multiple package formats depending on the distribution, such as:
- AppImage
- .deb
- .rpm
Choose the format that best matches your system.
Install and sign in
The install flow is intentionally ordinary.
On macOS, open the downloaded file and drag Buda into Applications if prompted. On Windows, run the installer and follow the setup wizard. On Linux, install the package using your normal system workflow.
When Buda Desktop opens, sign in to your Buda account, choose your Space or Agent context, and open an existing session or start a new one.
The important thing is that the work remains visible and reviewable from the start.
Automatic updates
A desktop app should not make you hunt for a new installer every week.
Buda Desktop supports automatic updates so the app can stay current after installation. When a new version is available, the updater can download and apply the update without forcing you to repeat the full manual install flow each time.
This is especially important for a product that is evolving quickly. Agent tools, browser surfaces, terminal behavior, and local connection capabilities all improve over time. The desktop app should move forward with them.
Updates should also be safe. A desktop updater should not download arbitrary files from the internet and hope for the best. Buda Desktop's update flow is designed around official release channels and signed update behavior so the app can stay current without turning updates into a security gamble.
When to use desktop instead of web
Use the browser when you want the fastest possible entry point.
Use Buda Desktop when Buda is becoming part of your daily operating rhythm.
Desktop is especially useful when you:
- keep Buda open throughout the day
- work across long-running sessions
- want agents closer to local project context
- need terminal or local-computer workflows
- review AI actions while switching between other apps
- want a stable workspace for agent execution
This is the larger shift.
Buda is not just a chat page. It is becoming an agent workspace for real work, and desktop is the natural place for that workspace to live.
Start with the official download
If you are ready to try it, start here:
Install Buda Desktop, sign in, connect the workspace to the way you already work, and keep the human in charge while agents handle more of the execution.