Anti gravity app — platforms and form factors

The phrase "anti gravity app" is the spaced-spelling variant of the product name, and it is also a precise description: the anti gravity app is the desktop application form of the browser, as distinct from the web console available through any browser. Understanding the difference between the anti gravity app and the online surface is the most common question this page exists to answer.

The anti gravity app is the full-power form of the product. It runs the agent on your local machine, giving it access to your local filesystem, local commands, and the multi-window orchestration layout that the web console cannot provide. If you want everything the product documentation describes — plan, approve, execute across multiple windows, review artifacts, run tests locally — you need the anti gravity app. The web console is a useful complement for reviewing runs and triggering cloud tasks, but it is not a substitute for the desktop install.

Why the anti gravity app is desktop-first

Google designed the anti gravity app as a laptop-first product for a specific reason: the local filesystem. The most valuable agent tasks for developers involve reading from and writing to a local project — a repository, a config directory, a test suite. A cloud-only product cannot do that without a file-upload step that breaks the natural "open, run, review" workflow. The anti gravity app solves this by running the agent on the machine where the files already live.

The multi-window orchestration mode — one agent, four windows — also requires a native desktop environment. A browser tab cannot split its window into a four-pane grid that the agent controls. The anti gravity app renders that layout as a first-class UI element, with the agent managing context across all four panes simultaneously. That capability is the feature most teams mention when describing why the desktop app is the primary deployment target rather than the web console.

Platform coverage

Windows

The anti gravity app on Windows installs as a standard executable to Program Files. It runs on Windows 11, 64-bit x86 or ARM. Windows 10 is not officially supported but may work — the install guide notes this explicitly. The anti gravity app on Windows uses the Windows keychain for token storage and integrates with Windows Defender's application allowlist for enterprise deployments. The Windows anti gravity download page covers the platform requirements in more detail.

macOS

The anti gravity app on macOS is a native application bundle for both Intel and Apple Silicon. It requires macOS Ventura (13.0) or newer. The app is notarised and signed with Google's Apple developer certificate. It uses the macOS Keychain for token storage and supports macOS system permissions prompts for microphone (not used by default), camera (not used), and Accessibility (used by the multi-window orchestrator to manage window layout). You will see an Accessibility permission request on first multi-window run — this is expected.

Linux

The anti gravity app on Linux ships as a .deb package, an .rpm package, and a distribution-agnostic AppImage. x86-64 is the supported architecture at general availability. The app uses the system keyring (libsecret) for token storage; on systems without a keyring configured, it falls back to an encrypted local file store. The anti gravity app on Linux supports Wayland and X11 display servers; there are minor rendering differences on some Wayland compositors that are documented in the release notes.

Chrome extension bridge

The Chrome extension bridge is an optional import feature in the anti gravity app. When you set up the app for the first time, it offers to import your existing Chrome profile: bookmarks, saved passwords (via Google Password Manager, not raw credentials), and installed Chrome extensions. The import is one-time — after it runs, the anti gravity app and Chrome maintain separate profiles that do not sync.

Not every Chrome extension works in the anti gravity app. Extensions that rely on Chrome-specific internal APIs or that are explicitly checking the user-agent string for "Chrome" may not load. The vast majority of standard extensions — ad blockers, password managers, developer tools — work without modification because the underlying Chromium engine is the same. The anti gravity app uses a different product name in the user-agent string, which is the only source of extension compatibility issues.

Form factor and platform availability table

Form factor	Platform	Availability
Desktop app (full)	Windows 11 x86-64 / ARM	Generally available
Desktop app (full)	macOS Ventura+ Intel / Apple Silicon	Generally available
Desktop app (full)	Linux x86-64 (Ubuntu 22.04+)	Generally available
Desktop app (thin-client)	All above platforms	Generally available
Web console	Any modern browser	Generally available (cloud runs only)
Mobile app	iOS / Android	Not available; no ETA
Chromebook / ChromeOS	ChromeOS	Via Linux subsystem (experimental)

The anti gravity app update mechanism checks for updates on every launch and applies them in the background. You will see a "Restart to update" banner in the top bar when an update is ready. Updates are incremental — you do not re-download the full 180 MB installer for each release. The release notes page covers what changed in each update.

For guidance on enterprise desktop app deployment, the NIST Computer Security Resource Center publishes application-deployment security guidelines that cover software inventory, update management, and privilege management for tools like the anti gravity app.