Briar Desktop is now available for download for Linux, Windows and macOS operating systems.
For Linux, we provide .deb
and .jar
files, for Windows there’s an .msi
file and
for macOS there’s a .zip
file.
Thank you to everyone who has tested Briar Desktop and sent feedback! We’ve fixed a lot of bugs and made many improvements thanks to your feedback.
Latest Release: Briar Desktop 0.6.4-beta (14 August 2025)
For Windows , an .msi
Installer is available:
For macOS , a .zip
file is available for each processor architecture, you
only need one file:
For Linux , choose the appropriate version for your system, you only need one file:
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) and compatible .deb : Linux Mint 22.X (Wilma, Xia), elementaryOS 8.X (Circe), Trisquel 12 (Ecne).
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) and compatible .deb : Linux Mint 21.X (Vanessa, Vera, Victoria, Virginia), elementaryOS 7.X (Horus), Trisquel 11 (Aramo).
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) and compatible .deb : Linux Mint 20.X (Ulyana, Ulyssa, Uma, Una), elementaryOS 6.X (Odin, Jólnir), Trisquel 10 (Nabia).
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) and compatible .deb : Linux Mint 19.X (Tara, Tessa, Tina, Tricia), elementaryOS 5.X (Juno, Hera), Trisquel 9 (Etiona).
Debian stable (bookworm) and compatible .deb : MX Linux MX-23 (Libretto).
Debian oldstable (bullseye) and compatible .deb : MX Linux MX-21 (Wildflower).
If your system is not based on any of the distros above, you can download this jar file:
For other Linux distributions or users not willing to install a debian package,
we also provide AppImage binaries:
If you know how to use SHA-256 checksums you can check that the file you’ve downloaded matches the checksum below:
briar-desktop-ubuntu-24.04-0.6.4-beta.deb: 54224b7a91b73352772007c7b5106ef268e50ae6b3a9487bdb034a1bfa576384
briar-desktop-ubuntu-22.04-0.6.4-beta.deb: f83ac1c3ac39bfdc0997d31a49ec5055ee00b9030cb9cab8de70b3361762c3cf
briar-desktop-ubuntu-20.04-0.6.4-beta.deb: c4b422342957c10694757fe51f0857913f4fe939a8d2e5f037300617814cebfc
briar-desktop-ubuntu-18.04-0.6.4-beta.deb: ccf56cffe17a86ad5057b49f413632c22632abd74c0a559e68367fde7258f229
briar-desktop-debian-bookworm-0.6.4-beta.deb: fcd493c135ae00a99bf164fc21452355771ff551840958714d400e32a1cd6511
briar-desktop-debian-bullseye-0.6.4-beta.deb: 2f025a36c687b25aad4a6adea238612f60ab644581ef6ca7d3a7d8607967d805
briar-desktop-linux-0.6.4-beta.jar: 4bb3badb94966e08b889bcbbe907b7efb3468b0e2bf7e56a81087c91c94ac0ca
briar-desktop-x64-0.6.4-beta.AppImage: d25e38270bdc43978fee7adc6f6babf88b1c47df7289add6116095c833d89002
briar-desktop-arm64-0.6.4-beta.AppImage: 75d15f156550c75c9a40043f769392e0b0370f63d7fc557f1e3ad139bdf5a956
Briar-Desktop-0.6.4-beta.msi: 508a1e0bf037f65c22968f3daf4626771ecf351292d1295ec49d2dca0f45668e
Briar-Desktop-intel-0.6.4-beta.zip: b9118d884e9420f079d1a209464f0299b3c9d658a4c08dd3c1363566cb08a31e
Briar-Desktop-silicon-0.6.4-beta.zip: e3078b7363653402e10116a74e62b3c0d7885e6f17146247102b8ba936544c7d
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All our software is open source - you can browse the source
code or build
the app from source .
For a comparison of Briar’s Android app and the desktop client, see this table:
Feature
Android
Desktop
Private Chats
✔️
✔️
Private Groups
✔️
✔️
Forums
✔️
✔️
Blogs
✔️
✔️
RSS feeds
✔️
❌
Introductions
✔️
✔️
Disappearing messages
✔️
❌
Add contacts at a distance
✔️
✔️
Add contacts nearby
✔️
❌
Connect via Internet (Tor)
✔️
✔️
Connect via LAN/Wi-Fi
✔️
✔️
Connect via Bluetooth
✔️
❌
Connect via removable drives
✔️
❌
Tor bridges
✔️
❌
Briar Mailbox
✔️
✔️