Git Desktop For Linux !new! Jun 2026

While there isn't a native Git Desktop client specifically for Linux, there are several excellent alternatives that provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for Git on Linux. Here are a few popular ones:

wget -qO - https://apt.packages.shiftkey.dev/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.packages.shiftkey.dev/ubuntu any main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-desktop.list' sudo apt update && sudo apt install github-desktop git desktop for linux

# Test SSH connection ssh -T git@github.com While there isn't a native Git Desktop client