Is it possible to add a custom tab to the Zoom desktop client?

Apologies if this is the wrong category, it was mandatory and there wasn’t one which seemed to be about the Zoom desktop client.

I have been asked to create a new tab in the Zoom desktop client which would display a url to a service which would be a competitor with Workvivo.

I don’t see anything in the developer documentation so far suggesting that you could alter the available tabs in the desktop client.

Can you confirm?

Thank you for reading.

The Zoom desktop client doesn’t natively support adding custom tabs to its interface like a web browser. However, Zoom offers Zoom Apps and OAuth-integrated marketplace solutions, where developers can embed services within meetings or the Zoom platform, but only within Zoom’s permitted structure.

For a quick analogy to a truth table:

  • If Zoom’s API = Supports embedded apps, then New Tab = Possible
  • If Zoom’s API ≠ Allows custom client changes, then New Tab = Not Possible

Thus, it’s not feasible to modify the Zoom desktop client tabs directly, as current APIs don’t support this.