Kimi Desktop for Ubuntu 26.04+

Native desktop app for Kimi (Moonshot AI),
rebuilt for Ubuntu 26.04+ using Pake v3 with Tauri v2.

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Why this exists

The official Kimi desktop .deb (from kimi-moonshot) is built with Tauri v1, which hard-links libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37. That library was dropped from Ubuntu after 22.04 — so the official package fails to install on Ubuntu 24.04+ and 26.04 with missing dependency errors.

This rebuild uses Tauri v2, which links against libwebkit2gtk-4.1 (the current version shipped in Ubuntu 24.04+ and 26.04).

Features

	Feature	Detail
	Modern runtime	Links against libwebkit2gtk-4.1 instead of the removed 4.0
	OAuth / SSO support	--new-window so Google and other OAuth providers work in-app
	System tray	Enabled for Linux desktop integration
	Native window	Matches original Kimi desktop dimensions

Download

Grab the latest .deb from GitHub Releases.

sudo dpkg -i kimi_1.0.0_amd64.deb

Or rebuild from source (see below).

Rebuild from source

Prerequisites:

# Rust (>= 1.85)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Node.js (>= 22)
# Use your preferred method (nvm, brew, etc.)

# Linux build dependencies
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev

# Pake CLI
npm install -g pake-cli

Then:

./build.sh

The built .deb will be in dist/.

Configuration

The Pake build configuration is in config/pake.json. Key settings:

Setting	Value	Why
url	https://kimi.moonshot.cn	Kimi web app
new_window	true	Enables OAuth popups (Google auth)
width / height	1200 / 780	Matches original Kimi desktop
user_agent.linux	Chrome 133 on Linux	Makes OAuth providers accept the webview

Uninstall

sudo dpkg -r kimi

License

Kimi is a product of Moonshot AI. This packaging uses the open-source Pake tool (MIT license) to wrap the Kimi web interface as a native desktop application.