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Mintlify Desktop

Mintlify Desktop is a beta native app for accessing the Mintlify documentation dashboard, with tabs for spaces and navigation for personal, shared, recent, and teamspace content. It is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux and includes an entry point to the Mintlify agent.

Mintlify Desktop

Mintlify Desktop overview

Mintlify Desktop is a beta native desktop application for accessing the Mintlify dashboard. It is designed for people who manage or work with Mintlify documentation spaces and want a desktop entry point instead of relying solely on a browser.

The app organizes access around tabs for Mintlify spaces and includes navigation for personal and shared pages, recents, teamspace content, and the Mintlify agent. It is a desktop client for the broader Mintlify documentation platform, whose documented capabilities include editing, search, API playgrounds, MCP support, analytics, and publishing features, with plan-dependent availability.

Desktop app capabilities

Native dashboard app

Provides the Mintlify dashboard in a native application rather than only through a browser.

Space tabs

Offers tabs for every Mintlify space, making it possible to move between spaces within the desktop application.

Workspace navigation

Includes navigation for personal and shared pages, recents, and teamspace content.

Agent access

Provides an in-app entry point to ask the Mintlify agent, shown with the keyboard shortcut ⌘I in the desktop interface.

Cross-platform distribution

Supports direct downloads for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with platform-specific packages and requirements.

Mintlify documentation platform

The broader Mintlify platform includes a web editor, search, API playground, MCP server, feedback collection, and documentation publishing features; availability varies by plan.

How teams can use Mintlify Desktop

  • Manage multiple documentation spaces

    Documentation owners can open the Mintlify dashboard as a desktop application and move among spaces using tabs while managing their regular documentation workspace.

  • Review shared and team content

    Teams can use the personal, shared-page, recents, and teamspace navigation to locate documentation content according to how it is organized and shared.

  • Work on developer documentation

    Developers and documentation contributors can use the broader Mintlify platform’s editor, API playground, search, and publishing workflow, with the desktop app serving as an entry point to the dashboard.

  • Access the Mintlify agent

    Users can open the in-app agent entry point when they want to ask questions within the Mintlify workspace interface.

  • Standardize desktop access across operating systems

    Organizations supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux users can distribute the client across those operating systems, subject to the listed platform requirements.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Provides a native dashboard experience for Mintlify users.
  • Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux downloads.
  • Uses tabs and workspace-oriented navigation for working across multiple spaces and page collections.
  • Connects the desktop experience to Mintlify’s broader documentation and agent workflow.

Cons

  • The desktop app is in beta, so its behavior and feature set may change.
  • Platform requirements are specific: macOS requires version 14 or later and Apple silicon; Windows requires version 10 or later and 64-bit support; Linux downloads target x86_64.
  • The desktop page does not document a complete set of app-specific capabilities beyond dashboard navigation and access to Mintlify spaces.

FAQ

Which operating systems does Mintlify Desktop support?

Mintlify Desktop is available for macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon, Windows 10 or later with 64-bit support, and Linux x86_64. The Windows build is not code signed and may prompt SmartScreen once. On Linux, the AppImage requires FUSE 2; a Debian/Ubuntu .deb package is also provided.

How do I install Mintlify Desktop?

Download options are provided for macOS, Windows, and Linux from the Mintlify Desktop page. macOS uses a .dmg, Windows uses an .exe, and Linux offers AppImage and .deb downloads. An install script is also available for macOS or Linux and checks the SHA-256 hash before installing the newest build.

Is Mintlify Desktop a stable release?

The app is currently identified as beta, so users should expect an evolving release and can share feedback with Mintlify.

What does Mintlify Desktop provide?

Mintlify Desktop is the dashboard delivered as a native desktop app. The page shows tabs for every space and workspace navigation including personal and shared pages, teamspace, recents, and an agent entry point.

Quick Facts

Product type
Native desktop client for the Mintlify dashboard
Status
Beta
Supported platforms
macOS, Windows, and Linux
macOS requirement
macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon
Windows requirement
Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
Linux requirement
x86_64; AppImage requires FUSE 2, with a Debian/Ubuntu .deb option

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