# 🆕 Tuna Desktop - new GUI application

May 26, 2025 · 3 min read

We are excited to introduce a new client for creating tunnels, now as a desktop application with an interface.

![desktop_main](/en/assets/images/main-3eefd7c74a66295ba24ca72f724f2433.png)

## 🤷‍♂️ Why?

During local development, it often happens that there is a tunnel with a static address that needs to be always accessible. For example, when testing our payments in [YooKassa](https://tuna.am/en/docs/tunnels/examples/yookassa.md), we have a test store for each developer, where a static HTTP notification address is specified. Opening a separate terminal each time and typing `tuna http -l ru -s test-yookassa-1 8080` becomes tedious, and I always forget to do it in advance, which leads to creating multiple invoices or waiting for the payment system to resend the notification.

We also know that sometimes access to a local resource needs to be opened not only for developers or system administrators, and the command line is not the most user-friendly interface.

Considering several factors, we decided to create a GUI application with a maximally simple interface, so even an accountant could use it comfortably.

## 🎯 Key Features

Currently, at the time of the first release, the application has minimal features:

* [HTTP tunnels](https://tuna.am/en/docs/tunnels/http.md)
* [TCP tunnels](https://tuna.am/en/docs/tunnels/tcp.md)

Even this functionality is significantly limited compared to the console version, all in favor of simplicity. However, in the future, we plan to expand the functionality, for example, by adding a file server and basic authorization.

![desktop_list](/docs/img/desktop/list.png) ![desktop_icon](/docs/img/desktop/icon.png) ![desktop_setting](/docs/img/desktop/setting.png)

## 🧑‍💻 Supported Platforms

We support all popular platforms: Windows, macOS, and Linux.<br />Below are the links for downloading and installation:

**Windows**

* [Installer (requires admin rights)](https://releases.tuna.am/desktop/latest/tuna-desktop_windows-amd64_installer_latest.zip)
* [Portable version](https://releases.tuna.am/desktop/latest/tuna-desktop_windows-amd64_portable_latest.zip)

**macOS**

* [ARM64 (Apple M)](https://releases.tuna.am/desktop/latest/tuna-desktop_darwin-arm64_latest.dmg)
* [AMD64 (Intel)](https://releases.tuna.am/desktop/latest/tuna-desktop_darwin-amd64_latest.dmg)

**Linux**

* [Installation guide](https://tuna.am/en/docs/guides/install/install-desktop.md?os=linux)

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For macOS and Windows, we plan to publish through official app stores later.

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