Hardened
- Electron upgraded from 39.1.2 to 45.2.1
- Patched dependencies and locked, audited build tooling
- Sandboxed, context-isolated renderers and allowlisted IPC
- Strict HTTPS host checks and blocked unsafe external links
Sponsored project
Grok Desktop
Firmicom is proud to sponsor the development of Grok Desktop, the open-source desktop app that brings Grok to Windows and Linux with tabs, live usage monitoring and in-app sign-in.
62,508
Release downloads
247
GitHub stars
57
Community forks
v1.3.0
Latest release
GitHub figures as of November 2026. Detailed release stats
What it does
Multi-tab Grok
Run several Grok conversations side by side, with keyboard and mouse-wheel tab switching.
Live usage monitoring
A status bar shows remaining queries per model and when limits refill, colour-coded as they run low.
In-app sign-in
Sign in and out with xAI/X, Google, Apple or GitHub without leaving the app.
Always on top
Pin Grok above other windows, natively on Windows and through wmctrl on Linux.
Voice and themes
Grok speech mode support, with dark and light themes that follow your system.
Windows and Linux
Nine packages: EXE, MSI, portable, ZIP and 7z for Windows; DEB, RPM, tar.gz and 7z for Linux.
Version 1.3.0: a security-first release
Released on 1 November 2026, version 1.3.0 is a major maintenance release focused on security, stability and community bug reports.
Verified
- Automated policy and Electron runtime regression tests
- Windows and Linux builds validated in CI
- Google, Apple, X and GitHub sign-in tested end to end in a Windows VM
- Every published package checked against SHA-256 checksums
Community-driven
- Fixes for reported sign-in, search-tab and Inspect Element issues
- Contributions from @realvathy, @VectorJay666 and @JoshuaWang2211, merged with credit
- Released under the GPL-2.0 licence
Why we sponsor it
Open-source software underpins much of what we build. Sponsoring Grok Desktop is one way we give back. It also holds a widely used public project to the standards we set for our own products: secure by default, thoroughly tested and carefully released.
Grok is a trademark of xAI. Grok Desktop is an independent open-source project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by xAI.