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πŸ‘» Install Ghostty on Debian Sid

A fast, feature-rich, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator by Mitchell Hashimoto

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πŸ“¦ Currently serving: ghostty 1.3.1-5~sid for sid (updated 2026-08-18) β€” 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 Sid is Debian's rolling development branch. 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 sid, with dependencies matching what Debian Sid 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 β€” 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.

πŸš€ Install Ghostty on sid

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 sid 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 sid main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

πŸ†“ Free forever alternative. Ghostty is also in the always-free mirror at deb-free.griffo.io β€” 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 β†’

The sources line above pins the sid 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

πŸ”„ Updating

Updates arrive through normal system maintenance β€” new upstream releases are usually packaged within hours:

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

πŸ—‘οΈ 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

πŸ“‹ Ghostty versions across Debian & Ubuntu releases

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

ReleaseSuiteGhostty version
Debian 12 β€œBookworm”bookworm1.1.3-5+bookworm
Debian 13 β€œTrixie”trixie1.3.1-6~trixie
Debian 14 β€œForky”forky1.3.1-6~forky
Debian Sidsid (this page)1.3.1-5~sid

❓ Frequently asked questions

Is this an official Ghostty package?

No β€” 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 sid?

ghostty is currently built for: amd64.

πŸ”— Related

πŸ’‘ 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.