TuxPick

GitHub Desktop on Linux

Good news: GitHub Desktop runs on Linux. It's the same app you use on Windows, and TuxPick installs it for you from Flathub.

Install GitHub Desktop with TuxPick

GitHub Desktop

Also on Windows

A Linux version of GitHub Desktop, for working with repositories without the command line.

Installs from Flathub.

How to install on Ubuntu

  1. Press the install button above. TuxPick opens with the app already ticked. Add anything else you need.
  2. Download the installer file.
  3. Open a terminal with Ctrl Alt T, run the one line TuxPick shows you, and type your password when asked.

It works on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04, and on systems built on them like Zorin OS and Pop!_OS.