# Standalone Signal Desktop

DevFeed: [Standalone Signal Desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/standalone-signal-desktop-1849.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/standalone-signal-desktop/>)

Published: 2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apt.md>), [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [import](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/import.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>)

Tags: [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt.md>), [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [deprecated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deprecated.md>), [desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop.md>), [download](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/download.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [import](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/import.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

Signal released a standalone Signal Desktop app that runs independently of a browser, while deprecating the Chrome App. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions with APT, and allows existing Chrome App users to export and import their data.

## Source excerpt

Signal Desktop is now available in a new, standalone form, and the Chrome App has been deprecated. Read more...