Windows
Windows is Corvid's main platform. It is built and used there every day, and every feature works there. Corvid needs Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
Tested status#
| Platform | Status |
|---|---|
| Windows | Used every day. Install, update and rollback all run there. |
| macOS | Beta. Automated tests pass. One tester ran setup on a real Mac: build, install and first launch worked. Nothing after the first launch has been tried. |
| Linux | Beta. Automated tests pass. Build, install, update and rollback ran on one Ubuntu 26.04 server with no desktop. Nobody has tried a Linux desktop yet. |
Continuous integration (CI) runs the tests on all three platforms. Its first runs on GitHub do not pass yet.
Only on Windows#
- Voice dictation, with Ctrl+D or the microphone button. On macOS and Linux the button is greyed out.
How Windows works#
| Feature | On Windows |
|---|---|
| Shortcuts | Ctrl |
| Show or hide Corvid from any app | Ctrl+Alt+Space |
| Tray | The notification area |
| Start at login | Start with Windows in Settings → Window and layout |
| Resume a session in a terminal window | Windows Terminal |
| Side terminal shells | PowerShell, PowerShell 7, Command Prompt, Git Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), if they are installed |
| Saved passwords and tokens | Encrypted with Windows data protection |
Where things are#
| What | Where |
|---|---|
| The app | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Corvid |
| Previous builds, for rollback | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Corvid.previous |
| Your data | %APPDATA%\Corvid |
If you used Corvid before it was renamed, your data stays in %APPDATA%\Claude Dashboard.
Claude Code on Windows#
Corvid looks for claude.exe in two places: the native installer's ~/.local/bin, and the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension. It uses the newer one. A claude that is only on your PATH, for example from npm install -g, is not found. Install the native one.