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👻 Install Ghostty on Debian 12 “Bookworm”

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📦 Currently serving: ghostty 1.1.3-5+bookworm for bookworm (updated 2026-08-18) — architectures: amd64. This page is regenerated automatically from the repository metadata, so the version above is exactly what apt install ghostty gives you today.

Debian 12 “Bookworm” is the previous Debian stable release (oldstable), still widely deployed on servers and desktops. Ghostty is not shipped at its latest version by the official Debian archives, so this repository builds current upstream releases as native .deb packages targeted specifically at bookworm, with dependencies matching what Debian 12 actually ships.

And then it keeps doing it. Every new upstream release is packaged and published here within hours, so Ghostty updates arrive the same way your system updates do — through apt upgrade, unattended-upgrades, or whatever already runs on your machine. No release page to watch, no version to compare, no dpkg -i to remember.

🚀 Install Ghostty on bookworm

Step 1: Add the deb.griffo.io repository

Run the commands
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt bookworm main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt bookworm main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

🆓 Free forever alternative. Ghostty is also in the always-free mirror at deb-free.griffo.io — no account, no subscription, at most 2 months behind upstream, and security fixes published immediately. Add that repository instead of the one above:

sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb-free.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb-free.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-free.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb-free.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb-free.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb-free.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-free.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

How the free mirror works →

The sources line above pins the bookworm suite explicitly, so it keeps working in containers and images where lsb_release is unavailable.

Step 2: Install Ghostty

sudo apt install -y ghostty
apt install -y ghostty

🔄 Updating

Updates arrive through normal system maintenance — new upstream releases are usually packaged within hours:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade ghostty
apt update && apt install --only-upgrade ghostty

🗑️ Uninstalling

sudo apt remove ghostty
# optionally remove the repository as well:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
apt remove ghostty
# optionally remove the repository as well:
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg

📋 Ghostty versions across Debian & Ubuntu releases

The same repository serves every supported release — this table is generated from the live repository metadata:

ReleaseSuiteGhostty version
Debian 12 “Bookworm”bookworm (this page)1.1.3-5+bookworm
Debian 13 “Trixie”trixie1.3.1-6~trixie
Debian 14 “Forky”forky1.3.1-6~forky
Debian Sidsid1.3.1-5~sid

❓ Frequently asked questions

Is this an official Ghostty package?

No — deb.griffo.io is an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo. Packages are built automatically from official upstream Ghostty releases; the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/ghostty-debian.

Why not install Ghostty from the official Debian archive?

Debian's archive freezes package versions when a release ships and afterwards receives mostly security fixes, so fast-moving tools are either absent or several releases behind. This repository tracks upstream releases instead, with builds targeted at each Debian release.

How quickly do new Ghostty releases arrive?

The repository polls upstream releases and publishes new builds automatically, typically within hours of an upstream release. Subscribe to the release feed to follow updates.

Which architectures are supported on bookworm?

ghostty is currently built for: amd64.

🔗 Related

💡 All releases: need Ghostty on a different Debian or Ubuntu version? The table above links to a dedicated guide for every supported release, or start from the Ghostty overview.