Gemini Desktop

One desktop home for Google's AI suite.

A Windows · macOS · Linux desktop client that bundles Gemini, AI Studio, Pomelli, Jules, and Stitch into a single window — with one shared Google sign-in across every tool.

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Why

Google's AI tools are powerful but scattered across browser tabs, where they get buried, lose their own window, and don't survive a restart cleanly. Gemini Desktop gives the whole suite an OS-level home: one window, one taskbar/dock entry, one persistent sign-in, and instant switching between tools — no URLs to type.

It's built on Electron. Each tool runs in its own persistent <webview>, and they all share a single Google session via the persist:google partition.

Features

• Unified tool switcher — a centered tab strip switches between Gemini (Chat), AI Studio, Pomelli, Jules, and Stitch. Each tool has its own subtle monochrome icon and a per-tool accent colour.
• Animated selector — the active-tab pill slides between tools and the accent colour cross-fades; that colour also propagates to a thin line along the top of the content frame.
• Shared Google session — sign in once; every tool reuses the same account via the persist:google Electron partition.
• Account avatar — the top-right button shows your Google profile photo when signed in (with an animated loading state while it resolves), or a Sign in pill when signed out.
• Custom tools — pin additional Google tools with the + button (restricted to https URLs on google.com / withgoogle.com).
• Native-style title bar — frameless window with a custom title bar: the app icon opens the application menu (standard Windows behaviour), browser-style back/forward arrows sit beside the tabs, and standard minimize / maximize / close caption buttons live top-right.
• Right-click context menu — copy, paste, open/copy links, copy images, back / forward / reload, and inspect element, across the main window and every webview.
• Chrome-flavoured User-Agent — Electron/app product tokens are stripped from the UA so Google endpoints (notably AI Studio's makersuite APIs, which otherwise return 403 PERMISSION_DENIED) treat the app like Chrome.
• Passkey / WebAuthn support — hybrid transport and remote-desktop WebAuthn features are enabled for Google sign-in.

Download

Grab the latest build for your platform from the Releases page.

Platform	File	Notes
Windows	Gemini Desktop Setup <version>.exe	NSIS installer; installs per-user to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Gemini Desktop.
macOS	Gemini Desktop-<version>.dmg	Unsigned. First launch: right-click → Open, or run xattr -cr "/Applications/Gemini Desktop.app".
Linux	Gemini Desktop-<version>.AppImage / .deb	chmod +x the AppImage and run it, or install the .deb with apt.

Builds are produced automatically by GitHub Actions on each tagged release. macOS and Linux builds are unsigned — see the notes above to get past the OS gatekeeper.

Run from source

npm install
npm start

Build locally

# Installer / package for the current OS
npm run dist

# Unpacked build only (no installer)
npm run pack

Artifacts are written to release/.

Included tools

Tool	Tab label	URL
Gemini	Chat	https://gemini.google.com/app
AI Studio	AI Studio	https://aistudio.google.com/apps
Pomelli	Pomelli	https://labs.google.com/u/0/pomelli
Jules	Jules	https://jules.google.com/session
Stitch	Stitch	https://stitch.withgoogle.com/

Custom tools added with the + button are persisted locally and must be served from google.com or withgoogle.com over https.

Google sign-in

On first launch, if no Google session is detected the app navigates to the Google account chooser. Signing in uses the shared Electron partition persist:google, so every tool reuses the same account session. Use Sign out in the account menu (the avatar button, top-right) to clear that shared local session. The auto-redirect to sign-in only happens once per launch, so a deliberate sign-out won't trap you on the login page.

Project structure

src/
  main.js       Electron main process: window, session/UA, context menu, IPC
  preload.js    contextBridge API exposed to the renderer
  renderer.js   Tool switching, title bar UI, auth/avatar, custom tools
  index.html    App shell markup
  styles.css    Title bar, tool switcher, and content-frame styling
  assets/       App icon
build/          electron-builder resources (icon)
docs/           README assets (logo, screenshots)
.github/        Release build workflow

Disclaimer

Gemini Desktop is an unofficial, independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. "Gemini", "AI Studio", "Pomelli", "Jules", and "Stitch" are products and trademarks of Google LLC. All tool content is loaded directly from Google's own web properties.

License

MIT