Basecamp Desktop for Linux

Unofficial Basecamp GNU/Linux desktop client built with Electron. Works with both Basecamp 4 and the latest Basecamp 5.

Features

Native notifications
Context menu on links
Basic UI settings
Tray icon with unread count badge
BC5 compatible: multi-step login (email → password), Google sign-in, OAuth popups
User-Agent stripped of Electron/Basecamp identifiers for BC5 compatibility
Upgraded to Electron 42

No information is collected or tracked by the application. Use File → Clear data to erase all stored sessions and cache.

Download the latest release and extract it. Run the basecamp binary.

npm install
npm run build

Output: build/basecamp-linux-*/

MIT