patrickjaja/claude-desktop-extra v5.11492.5-2

Claude Desktop 5.11492.5 (patch release 2)

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Claude Desktop 5.11492.5 (patch release 2)

This release provides Claude Desktop version 5.11492.5 pre-patched for Linux.

Installation Options

Arch Linux (pacman Repository - recommended)

curl -fsSL https://patrickjaja.github.io/claude-desktop-extra/install-pacman.sh | sudo bash
sudo pacman -Syu claude-desktop-extra

Arch Linux (manual package)

# x86_64
sudo pacman -U https://github.com/patrickjaja/claude-desktop-extra/releases/download/v5.11492.5-2/claude-desktop-extra-5.11492.5-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
# ARM64
sudo pacman -U https://github.com/patrickjaja/claude-desktop-extra/releases/download/v5.11492.5-2/claude-desktop-extra-5.11492.5-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst

Debian/Ubuntu (APT Repository — recommended)

curl -fsSL https://patrickjaja.github.io/claude-desktop-extra/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install claude-desktop-extra

Debian/Ubuntu (manual .deb)

# x86_64
sudo apt install ./claude-desktop-extra_5.11492.5-2_amd64.deb
# ARM64
sudo apt install ./claude-desktop-extra_5.11492.5-2_arm64.deb

Fedora/RHEL (RPM Repository — recommended)

curl -fsSL https://patrickjaja.github.io/claude-desktop-extra/install-rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo dnf install claude-desktop-extra

Fedora/RHEL (manual .rpm)

# x86_64
sudo dnf install ./claude-desktop-extra-5.11492.5-2.x86_64.rpm
# ARM64
sudo dnf install ./claude-desktop-extra-5.11492.5-2.aarch64.rpm

NixOS / Nix

nix run github:patrickjaja/claude-desktop-extra

AppImage (Any Distro)

# x86_64
chmod +x Claude_Desktop-5.11492.5-x86_64.AppImage
./Claude_Desktop-5.11492.5-x86_64.AppImage
# ARM64
chmod +x Claude_Desktop-5.11492.5-aarch64.AppImage
./Claude_Desktop-5.11492.5-aarch64.AppImage

Update existing AppImage (delta download — only changed blocks):

appimageupdatetool Claude_Desktop-*-x86_64.AppImage
# Or from within the AppImage:
./Claude_Desktop-*-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-update

Checksums

Changes since last release

From CHANGELOG.md, 2026-11-15:

Custom themes: live animated SVG backdrops, frosted glass, GTA I-VI series and 20 scene themes (#336)

• Animated SVG backdrops and frosted-glass panels across Chat, Cowork and Code: brings the animated SVG backdrop and frosted-glass surface engine from Anthropic's Claude Code interface mods (data-engine-backdrop, data-engine-glass, --engine-glass-*) to the entire desktop app - Chat, Cowork, Code and pop-out windows - with no plugin required (js/backdrop_scenes.js, js/backdrop_injector.js). Animations pause automatically when the window is hidden or prefers-reduced-motion is active.
• 6 new GTA themes (gta-i through gta-vi) + reworked Gaming backdrops: adds gta-i, gta-ii, gta-iii, gta-iv, gta-v and gta-vi (Vice City pink-cyan neon) to the Gaming section, each with dual light/dark palettes, custom SVG spinners and bespoke dual-mode animated SVG scenes. Existing gaming themes (mario, playstation, gameboy, final-fantasy, zelda, warcraft, dragonball) now also carry their own dual-mode animated SVG backdrops (js/gaming_themes.json).
• 20 new Animated Scene themes (js/scene_themes.json): bundles all 20 scenes from Anthropic's theme-examples (honu-lagoon, snow-pines, aurora, campfire, neon-rain, sakura-drift, zen-sand, halftone-dawn, paper-garden, paper-garden-kraft, braille-stars, teletext-clouds, tide-pool, contour-dunes, night-reef, vinyl-groove, stained-glass, kaleidoscope, ascii-aquarium, festival-lanterns) as full dual light/dark themes with matching spinners, and pairs all built-in and 84 community themes with fitting default scenes (123 bundled themes and 33 backdrop scenes in total).
• Live Backdrop selector in Ctrl+Shift+T and Settings -> Extra -> Themes: a new Backdrop bar (activeBackdrop in claude-desktop-extra.jsonc) lets you follow the active theme's scene (""), turn backdrops off ("off") while keeping your color palette, or mix and match any of the 33 animated scenes over any theme live.
• Works together with Transparent window: when both an animated backdrop and the Transparent window Community switch are active, [data-engine-backdrop] carries the window alpha (1 - windowTransparencyLevel, updating live with the Transparency slider) while .dframe-root, .dframe-sidebar and header grounds stay clear so alpha layers never stack (js/window_transparency.js).
• Community contributions welcome: these animated backdrops are our first pass and we will keep polishing them over upcoming releases - feel free to build your own themes (dual light/dark palettes, animated SVG backdrops, custom SVG spinners) and open a PR!

Links

• Full Changelog