The Desktop Application#

The Desktop Application installed on your local system as the primary UI.

Screenshot of the three main views in the Desktop App: Main Locations, Single Location, and Project.

Overview of the Desktop App#

Supported Operating Systems:

  • Available for Windows with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) with the Ubuntu distribution, macOS, and Ubuntu (22.04 or 24.04)

  • Not supported on other Linux distributions

Key Functions:

  • Manage your locations - Includes your local system and any remote locations you connect to

  • Manage your projects -Includes code, environments, files, and applications within each project

Views and Tabs:

  • Main Locations Window - Displays and manages your local and remote locations

  • Single Location Window - Shows and manages projects within a selected location

  • Project Tab - A dedicated tab in the Single Location Window for managing an individual project

Example Workflow:

  • Open AI Workbench (Desktop App) to the Main Locations Window

  • Select a location to open the Single Location Window

  • Choose a project, opening the Project Tab within the Location Window

  • Start an application installed in the project

Manage Locations and Projects Through Views and Tabs#

Managing Locations#

The Main Locations View (window) is where you manage locations. It has only a few actions:

  • Open an existing Location view by clicking on the location name

  • Edit or delete the SSH connection for an existing remote location

  • Add a remote location

The Single Location View (window) is not for managing the location.

  • It displays the projects in a specific location

  • It does not allow any direct actions on the location itself, aside from closing the window

Note

You can have multiple Main Location and Single Location Windows open simultaneously.

Managing Projects#

The Single Location view lists the projects available in the location and allows you to:

  • Open a project by clicking on its name

  • Delete or share a project by clicking the ⋮ (vertical dots) button on the right side of the project name

  • Create a new project by clicking the New Project button

  • Clone an existing project by clicking the Clone Project button

The Project Tab provides a detailed view of a specific project and it is where you:

  • Start and stop installed applications

  • Add and remove applications

  • Modify the project environment

  • Add, delete, and edit files

  • Manage Git version control, including committing, pushing, and pulling changes

Note

For a full explanation of the Project Tab, see AI Workbench Projects.

Contraints#

NVIDIA AI Workbench has the following constraints:

  • You cannot install the Desktop App on a remote system. However, you can use the CLI to install Workbench on a remote system.

  • It is not recommended that you install the Desktop App on more than one desktop/laptop, due to the interactions using GitHub.

Next Steps#