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# Desktop App Debugging

## Architecture

It's important when debugging to understand how the Distribute AI desktop app works. Internally, there is a background service, known as a Daemon, that runs in the background. This Daemon is registered with the operating system to run at startup. This lets us earn you points while using as little performance overhead as possible. The desktop GUI app then talks to this daemon to show your points and configure settings. This architecture also means that the same system is run on Linux servers without a desktop environment.

## Platforms

Depending on your operating system, there are different debugging steps and quirks to be mindful of, follow one of the links to your operating system to learn more:

{% content-ref url="/pages/KLHHPPgKMMplF5MPpQEi" %}
[Windows Debugging](/distribute-for-inference-providers/desktop-app/desktop-app-debugging/windows-debugging.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/4SrirchWK00yctsUvKqB" %}
[MacOS Debugging](/distribute-for-inference-providers/desktop-app/desktop-app-debugging/macos-debugging.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/r1haI8TlITnKDhYLYr1o" %}
[Linux Debugging](/distribute-for-inference-providers/desktop-app/desktop-app-debugging/linux-debugging.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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