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Desktop App

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• The desktop app is the full Roam in a standalone window, for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Install Roam covers the download.
• It's the same Roam as the browser version, plus a few things only an app can do.

What's different from the browser

• roam:// deep links open a specific graph, page, or block straight in the app, which makes Roam linkable from other tools.
• The app is a thin shell around Roam, with a version number of its own. It keeps itself up to date automatically.
• The Roam inside it updates just like the web app does, so both stay current without you doing anything. Updating Roam has the details.
• Local API tokens, for connecting local AI tools to your graphs, only exist on desktop.