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Release v3.2.0 — Grok Build Desktop (Community)

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@phuryn phuryn released this 07 Aug 15:49
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Grok Build Desktop (Community) is here — a standalone app for Windows and macOS that runs the same Grok Build coding agent without an editor or a terminal in front of it. Open a folder and start.

⚠️ Pre-release, and not code-signed yet. Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper will warn you the first time. On Windows: More info → Run anyway. On macOS: right-click → Open. Certificates are in progress.

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Grok Build Desktop

Projects on the left, the conversation in the middle, your files on the right.

  • A real file panel. Browse the project, open several files as tabs, and edit text, JSON and Markdown in place. Markdown opens as a preview with a source toggle; Ctrl/Cmd+S saves.
  • It will not overwrite the agent's work. If a file changed underneath you while you were editing it, the save is refused and you choose: reload the agent's version, or keep yours. Winning that race silently in either direction is how people lose work.
  • A project that disables permission prompts now asks you first. A repository can ship a .grok/config.toml setting permission_mode = "always-approve", and it overrides your own setting — so cloning someone's code was enough to remove every prompt between the agent and your machine. Opening such a project now says so and waits.

Also in this release (extension and app both)

  • "Continue in a new chat" moved to the conversation's ⋯ menu, beside Rename and Delete — the things you do to a conversation. The composer's settings keep model and effort, which is what they are for.
  • The file tree and the projects rail resize by dragging their edge.
  • File icons are visible in dark themes. About thirty file types drew almost black on a dark background.
  • Closing a project folder asks first when a conversation in it is still working. It used to end them and stop the agent with no warning.
  • Files in one project can no longer be opened from a conversation in another.
  • Absolute paths work on macOS. A leading slash was stripped before the path was recognised as absolute, so opening a file by absolute path quietly resolved somewhere else.

Known limits

  • No settings UI on the desktop yet — the gear opens config.json directly.
  • No auto-update. macOS cannot auto-update an unsigned app (Squirrel.Mac refuses to replace a bundle it cannot verify), so the app tells you when a new version exists rather than installing it behind your back.
  • Video never crosses to a remote device; images do.

Grok Build Desktop (Community) and Grok Build for VS Code (Community) are unofficial community projects. Grok and Grok Build are trademarks of xAI; this project is not affiliated with or endorsed by xAI.

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