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Claude Cowork Linux — Development skill for Claude Code

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Run Claude Desktop’s Cowork mode natively on Linux — no macOS or VM required.

How to install Claude Cowork Linux

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open iuliandita/claude-cowork-linux and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Claude Cowork Linux does

Run Claude Desktop’s Cowork mode natively on Linux — no macOS or VM required.

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README

Claude Cowork on Linux

No macOS, no VM required.

![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Linux%20x86__64-blue?style=flat-square) ![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v4.0.0-brightgreen?style=flat-square) ![Tested](https://img.shields.io/badge/tested-Arch%20Linux-1793D1?style=flat-square&logo=archlinux&logoColor=white) ![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-Working-success?style=flat-square) ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green?style=flat-square)

**[Quick Start](#-quick-start)** · **[How It Works](#-how-it-works)** · **[Manual Setup](#-manual-setup)** · **[Troubleshooting](#-troubleshooting)**

![](.github/assets/icons/info-24x24.png) Overview

Claude Cowork is a special Claude Desktop build that works inside a folder you point it at—it reads, writes, and organizes files there while it runs a plan. Cowork is currently a **macOS-only preview** backed by a sandboxed Linux VM; this repo reverse-engineers and stubs the macOS-native pieces so Cowork can run directly on Linux (x86_64)—no VM and no macOS required. The stub translates VM paths to host paths so Cowork points at the right files on Linux.

**How it works:**

Step	Description
Stubbing	Replace macOS-only native modules (`@ant/claude-swift`, `@ant/claude-native`) with JavaScript
Direct Execution	Run the Claude Code binary directly (no VM needed—we're already on Linux!)
Path Translation	Convert VM paths to host paths transparently
Platform Spoofing	Send macOS headers so the server enables the feature