Quickly clone repositories and sync local changes with remote versions on GitHub or other Git hosting services. Drag-and-Drop Actions:
Are you facing any specific during installation?
Blazing fast and incredibly powerful, though the free tier has occasional pop-up reminders to purchase a license.
If you need to uninstall the application, use the command corresponding to your installation method: sudo apt remove github-desktop && sudo apt autoremove Use code with caution. For Flatpak Installations: flatpak uninstall io.github.shifteightbyte.github-desktop Use code with caution. If you want to customize your setup further, tell me:
Because GitHub does not provide an official .deb package on their main download page, we rely on a trusted community fork maintained by shiftkey. Here are the three most common ways to install it for free.
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
The story of GitHub Desktop on Linux is one of community-driven persistence. While GitHub officially supports the app for Windows and macOS, the Linux community stepped in to bridge the gap with free, open-source distributions. The Origin Story
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core sudo gdebi GitHubDesktop-linux-amd64-*.deb
sudo snap remove github-desktop sudo flatpak remove io.github.shiftkey.GitHubDesktop # Then retry the .deb installation
flatpak install flathub io.github.shifteightbyte.github-desktop Use code with caution. Setting Up GitHub Desktop
Let's address the elephant in the terminal. GitHub (owned by Microsoft) maintains GitHub Desktop for Windows and macOS. They have consistently stated that Linux is not an officially supported platform.
If the installation fails due to missing libraries, run sudo apt --fix-broken install to automatically grab the required packages.
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/shiftkey-desktop.gpg] https://shiftkey.dev any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.bin/shiftkey-desktop.list Use code with caution. Step 5: Install GitHub Desktop
To install any of these, simply download the .deb from their official site and run sudo dpkg -i package.deb .
Once installed, you can launch GitHub Desktop through your application menu or by typing github-desktop in the terminal.
