GitHub Desktop for Linux (unofficial)

Unofficial Linux build of GitHub Desktop: .deb and AppImage packages that track every upstream release. Free and open source.

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Free
Open Source (MIT)

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Updated Nov 2026

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Linux

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Developed by
Yehuda Hassine
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
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TypeScript
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What is GitHub Desktop for Linux (unofficial)?

GitHub doesn't make GitHub Desktop for Linux. This is an unofficial community build of the same open-source app (MIT) for 64-bit Linux, packaged as a .deb and an AppImage.

It follows every stable upstream GitHub Desktop release (currently 3.6.10). Each release is built and tested in CI on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04, also tested on Debian 12, and ships SHA-256 checksums. The .deb suits Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint and Pop!_OS; the AppImage runs on Fedora, Arch and other x86_64 distributions with glibc 2.34 or newer.