Backpack Desktop
Trade with less friction.
Your Backpack trading experience, redesigned for desktop speed, clarity and control.
Real-time markets, advanced order tools, intelligent alerts, portfolio analytics and powerful desktop workflows — all in one focused terminal.
Free download · Desktop optimized
SOL-PERP
$218.42
24h
+2.14%
Portfolio
$48,210.55
Position
+12 SOL
Unrealized PnL
+$184.21
Leverage
5.2x
Liquidation
$183.21
Funding
0.0041%
Watchlist
- Real-time data
- Advanced orders
- Smart alerts
- Portfolio analytics
- Desktop workflows
- Secure by design
The product
Everything you need.
Nothing in the way.
Backpack Desktop turns the exchange experience into a focused trading workspace built around speed, clarity and control.
Real-time trading
Markets that stay in sync.
The desktop experience is built around continuously updated market and account information, with a persistent connection you can actually see.
- Real-time market data
- Live order book
- Live trades
- Live positions
- Live account updates
- Persistent connections
- Automatic reconnection
- Connection status visibility
SOL-PERP
Perpetual · Live
$218.42
+2.14%
BTC-PERP
Perpetual · Live
$96,430.10
+0.82%
ETH-PERP
Perpetual · Live
$3,284.55
-0.41%
Recent trades
Stream
Market data live
Account data live
Auto-reconnect armed
Order entry
Every order.
More context.
A more informative order workflow: sizing, costs and validation are in front of you before anything is submitted.
- Market, limit and stop orders
- Take-profit / stop-loss
- Reduce-only and post-only
- IOC and FOK
- Percentage-based sizing
- Estimated fees and slippage
- Available buying power
- Validation before submission
Orders are validated before submission.
Smart alerts
Your markets don't have to stay open.
Native desktop notifications keep you informed when the terminal isn't in front of you.
- Price and position alerts
- PnL and funding alerts
- Order filled and partial fill
- Order cancelled
- Connection and account alerts
- Risk alerts
Backpack Desktop
SOL Order Filled
12 SOL @ $218.42
Backpack Desktop
BTC Price Alert
BTC crossed $96,000
Backpack Desktop
Funding Update
SOL-PERP funding paid: $2.14
Security
Your keys stay yours.
Security is designed into the desktop architecture: credentials live in secure OS storage, permissions are visible, and sensitive actions ask twice.
- Secure credential storage
- OS-level secure storage
- No plaintext API secrets
- Read / trade permission awareness
- Clear account connection status
- Explicit confirmation for sensitive actions
- Safer withdrawal workflows
Network check compatible
Second step
Confirm withdrawal
- Destination address verification
- Network compatibility check
- Amount and fee restated
- Explicit confirmation required
Workflow
Designed around how traders actually work.
Real-time data
Markets, orders, positions and balances update continuously.
Keyboard shortcuts
A command palette and shortcuts for everything you repeat.
Desktop notifications
Native alerts for fills, prices, funding and risk events.
Multi-window workflows
Break the terminal apart across as many windows as you need.
Custom layouts
Save workspaces per strategy and switch between them instantly.
Focus mode
Strip the interface down to chart, book, ticket and PnL.
Portfolio analytics
Performance, fees, funding and drawdown in one view.
Connection insight
Latency, stream health and reconnection are always visible.
Your trading workspace
is ready.
Bring your Backpack workflow to the desktop with a focused terminal built for real-time markets, advanced tools and fewer distractions.
Choose your platform to get started.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What is Backpack Desktop?
Which operating systems are supported?
Is the desktop app free to download?
Does Backpack Desktop connect to my Backpack account?
Does it support real-time market data?
Can I use multiple monitors?
Does it support keyboard shortcuts?
How are API credentials protected?
Can I receive desktop notifications?
Can I customize my workspace?
Does the desktop app support futures?
Does it support stocks?
Can I use the desktop app without keeping a browser tab open?
Trade with less friction.
Bring your Backpack workflow to a desktop built around speed, clarity and control.
Backpack Desktop
Real-time markets. Advanced tools. One focused workspace.