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@danielsz I think maybe there is something wrong with your network. I've got an page like this:

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I've installed electron25-bin otherwise it downloads gigabytes for the electron repository. So that's good. The problem is that the GUI opens, displays menus, but there is no content. On the command line the output says:

λ P14S ~/ claude-desktop 19:29:51.541 › APPIMAGE env is not defined, current application is not an AppImage 19:29:51.544 › null

Downloading https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/electron25-bin first worked for me

@zlqrn I think you should install electron25-bin first.

is this for the nerdiest of nerds? i dont understand why this even exists because its not like you can replace the dependency of electron25 with electron36 and then nodejs hdryogen lts expires april 2025... even if you manage to patch the hydrogen installation to start the electron25 installation you get disgusting errors of gstuils and PGO profiles, where i gave up trying to fix.

@JoiDegn eh, it's my mistake. Fixed it, maybe you can have a try.

I had to adjust the PKGBUILD like so I could install it on my asahi based system:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD.original b/PKGBUILD
index 1e5aade..c04a38a 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD.original
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _electronversion=25
 _nodeversion=20
 pkgrel=9
 pkgdesc="An Electron-based desktop application for Claude2(unofficial).Use system-wide electron."
-arch=('any')
+arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
 url="https://github.com/Karenina-na/Claude-Desktop"
 license=('MIT')
 conflicts=("${pkgname}")
@@ -70,8 +70,18 @@ build() {
 }
 package() {
     install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-bin}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-bin}"
-    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist-client/linux-unpacked/resources/app.asar" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
+
+    # Determine the output directory based on architecture
+    local _arch="$(uname -m)"
+    local _output_dir="linux-unpacked"
+    if [[ "${_arch}" == "aarch64" ]]; then
+        _output_dir="linux-arm64-unpacked"
+    elif [[ "${_arch}" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+        _output_dir="linux-unpacked"
+    fi
+
+    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist-client/${_output_dir}/resources/app.asar" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
     install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist/logo.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
     install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
     install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}

@ghostmode Just install electron25-bin first.

@zxp19821005 i couldn't find nodejs-lts-hydrogen but is being referenced by electron25.

I fixed this by modifying the PKGBUILD in yay -G claude-desktop and changing the version from 25 to 34 I had installed: _electronversion=34