Desktop App

Download Claude Cursor

Get the desktop app to manage persistent terminal sessions from your browser. Free and open source.

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macOS 12+ · Apple Silicon

Quick Setup

  1. 1

    Install dependencies

    Claude Cursor requires ttyd and tmux for terminal sessions, and cloudflared for public URL tunnels. See install commands below.

  2. 2

    Run the installer

    Open the downloaded DMG and drag to Applications (macOS) or run the .deb package (Linux).

  3. 3

    Launch and connect

    Open Claude Cursor. It starts the server automatically and opens your browser. Create your first session from the sidebar.

  4. 4

    Set up notifications (optional)

    Click the bell icon to configure Slack or Discord notifications. Add your Anthropic API key for AI-powered action detection.

Required dependencies

ttyd and tmux are required for terminal sessions. cloudflared is optional but needed for public URL tunnels (access from mobile/anywhere).

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install ttyd tmux cloudflare/cloudflare/cloudflared

Ubuntu / Debian / WSL2

sudo apt install ttyd tmux # cloudflared (optional) curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb -o /tmp/cloudflared.deb sudo dpkg -i /tmp/cloudflared.deb

Tip: tmux mouse mode

Enable mouse scrolling and text selection inside the terminal:

ctrl+b set mouse onctrl+b set mouse off

Windows / WSL2

Claude Cursor runs inside WSL2 on Windows. Follow these steps:

  1. 1. Install WSL2 from PowerShell:wsl --install
  2. 2. Inside WSL, install dependencies:sudo apt install nodejs npm ttyd tmux
  3. 3. Extract and install:tar xzf claude-cursor-1.0.0-wsl.tar.gz cd claude-cursor-1.0.0-wsl npm install && cd frontend && npm install
  4. 4. Run and open the printed URL in your Windows browser:npm run dev

macOS: “App is damaged” fix

If macOS says the app is damaged, open Terminal and run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Claude\ Cursor.app