Install the Latest Dev Tools on Kali Linux with apt

            ⚡ The short answer. Yes, deb.griffo.io works on Kali Linux. 63 developer tools install with plain apt on Kali Linux, with the same setup command as Debian and Ubuntu: it reads VERSION_CODENAME from /etc/os-release and asks for the matching suite, kali-rolling on Kali Linux.
        

Kali Linux is a rolling distribution built from Debian testing. Its own archive is focused on security tooling; general developer tools come from Debian at whatever version testing has. deb.griffo.io serves Kali its own kali-rolling suite, carrying the same packages as its Debian testing suite, so the tools below install with plain apt.

🔍 Which suite your release gets

Release	Built on	Suite	Tools available
Kali Linux (kali-rolling)	Debian testing (forky)	`kali-rolling`	63

Kali sets VERSION_CODENAME=kali-rolling, and this repository has a kali-rolling suite, so the setup command works as it is. It is built from the Debian testing (forky) packages and published with them, so Kali never waits on a separate build.

Kali is served by the subscription repository only: the free mirror has no kali-rolling suite.

📦 Add the repository

Step 1: Add the repository & key

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 $(. /etc/os-release; echo ${DEBIAN_CODENAME:-${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}}) 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 $(. /etc/os-release; echo ${DEBIAN_CODENAME:-${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}}) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

Step 2: Install any tool

sudo apt install -y neovim ripgrep fzf

apt install -y neovim ripgrep fzf

To check what the command will pick on your machine before running it: . /etc/os-release; echo ${DEBIAN_CODENAME:-${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}}. It should print one of the suites in the table above.

📋 Every tool available on Kali Linux

Versions are what the repository serves for kali-rolling right now (updated 2026-10-19).

Tool	apt package	Version
Atuin	`atuin`	18.24.1-2~griffo
ble.sh	`ble.sh`	0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-2~griffo
bottom	`btm`	0.14.9-2~griffo
Bun	`bun`	1.4.3-3~griffo
cliamp	`cliamp`	2.3.0-2~griffo
Deno	`deno`	2.9.7-3~griffo
difftastic	`difftastic`	0.70.0-2~griffo
DuckDB	`duckdb`	1.5.6-3~griffo
eza	`eza`	0.23.5-3~griffo
Fastfetch	`fastfetch`	2.66.0-3~griffo
fish	`fish`	4.9.3-2~griffo
Forgejo	`forgejo`	15.0.2-2~griffo
Forgejo Runner	`forgejo-runner`	13.2.0-2~griffo
fresh-editor	`fresh-editor`	0.5.3-2~griffo
fzf	`fzf`	0.74.5-2~griffo
Garage	`garage`	2.4.1-2~griffo
Ghostty	`ghostty`	1.3.1-6~forky
GitUI	`gitui`	0.28.1-2~griffo
GPU Screen Recorder	`gpu-screen-recorder-cli`	6.1.4-1~forky
Headscale	`headscale`	0.29.5-2~griffo
Helix	`helix`	25.07.1-3~griffo
herdr	`herdr`	0.9.5-2~griffo
Jujutsu	`jujutsu`	0.46.0-2~griffo
just	`just`	1.59.0-2~griffo
k9s	`k9s`	0.51.0-2~griffo
kitty	`kitty`	0.49.2-2~griffo
lazydocker	`lazydocker`	0.25.2-2~griffo
lazygit	`lazygit`	0.66.2-2~griffo
lazyjira	`lazyjira`	2.19.2-2~griffo
lowfi	`lowfi`	2.0.7-3~griffo
mitmproxy	`mitmproxy`	12.2.3-3~griffo
Neovim	`neovim`	0.12.6-2~griffo
Nushell	`nushell`	0.116.1-2~griffo
Oh My Posh	`oh-my-posh`	31.8.0-2~griffo
rclone	`rclone`	1.75.2-2~griffo
restic	`restic`	0.19.1-2~griffo
rgrc	`rgrc`	0.6.35-2~griffo
ripgrep	`ripgrep`	15.2.0-2~griffo
Ruff	`ruff`	0.17.1-2~griffo
rumdl	`rumdl`	0.3.0-2~griffo
Serie	`serie`	0.10.0-2~griffo
Spotifast	`spotifast`	0.13.3-2~griffo
Starship	`starship`	1.27.0-2~griffo
superfile	`superfile`	1.6.0-2~griffo
Television	`television`	0.15.9-2~griffo
Termusic	`termusic`	0.13.2-3~griffo
TigerBeetle	`tigerbeetle`	0.17.9-2~griffo
tldr	`tldr`	1.13.1-2~griffo
tree-sitter-cli	`tree-sitter-cli`	0.27.1-2~griffo
Uncloud	`uncloud`	0.21.0-2~griffo
Unregistry	`unregistry`	0.4.3-2~griffo
uv	`uv`	0.13.1-2~griffo
viu	`viu`	1.6.1-3~griffo
workmux	`workmux`	0.1.276-2~griffo
Yazi	`yazi`	26.9.1-2~griffo
yq	`yq`	4.54.1-2~griffo
yt-dlp	`yt-dlp`	2026.08.19-2~griffo
ZapZap	`zapzap`	7.5.1-2~griffo
Zed	`zed`	1.24.3-1~griffo
Zellij	`zellij`	0.45.1-2~griffo
Zig	`zig-stable`	0.17.0-2~griffo
ZLS	`zls`	0.16.1-2~griffo
zoxide	`zoxide`	0.10.0-2~griffo

❓ Common questions

Why is there no free mirror for Kali?

The free mirror carries the Debian and Ubuntu release suites only. The kali-rolling suite is part of the subscription repository, which also includes the free trial.

Does adding it interfere with Kali's own tools?

No. The packages here are general developer tools under their own names, versioned with a ~griffo suffix so that an official package of the same version always wins, and Kali's security tooling comes from its own archive as before.

Is deb.griffo.io an official Kali Linux repository?

No. It is an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo, not affiliated with Kali Linux. Every package is built automatically from the official upstream release, the packaging is open source on GitHub, and the archive is GPG-signed.

Does it cost anything?

The repository is a subscription (€15 a year or €150 once) with a free trial.

How do I remove the repository?

Delete /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list and /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg, then run sudo apt update. Tools you installed stay until you apt remove them.

Latest developer tools on Kali Linux