Install
1
Download
Desktop builds are published at releases.cortex.foundation. Pick the Design desktop app for your platform.
2
Sign in
Same account as the web app. Canvases are member objects.
3
Open a canvas
Your canvases follow your account. Boards hosted from Chat or Code are already listed.
Work on a board
Edit frames and notes, lay out options side by side, and pull components, pages, and tokens from the Library drawer. Rename the board from Untitled canvas to something useful; the host binding to the originating Chat conversation or Code session stays.What the web app will not do
Your boards follow the account
Sign in with the same account you use on the web and your canvases are already listed — the boards a Chat conversation or a Code session hosted are not tied to the machine that created them. Another account’s canvases are never visible. See Canvases and Accounts.Three desktop apps
See Downloads for the full list.
Related
- Canvases · Library
- Chat canvases — the document sidecar, which stays in the browser.
- Design troubleshooting — when the app or a board does not appear.

