Install the Latest Dev Tools on KDE neon with apt

            ⚡ The short answer. Yes, deb.griffo.io works on KDE neon. 61 developer tools install with plain apt on KDE neon, with the same setup command as Debian and Ubuntu: it reads UBUNTU_CODENAME from /etc/os-release and asks for the matching suite, noble on KDE neon (Ubuntu 24.04 base).
        

KDE neon pairs the newest KDE Plasma with an Ubuntu LTS base. Plasma moves fast; the developer tools underneath stay at the versions that Ubuntu release froze. deb.griffo.io serves the current upstream release of each tool below, built for the Ubuntu base neon runs on.

🔍 Which suite your release gets

Release	Built on	Suite	Tools available
KDE neon (Ubuntu 24.04 base)	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat”	`noble`	61

neon reports the Ubuntu codename of its base in /etc/os-release, so the setup command picks the matching suite with no change. When neon rebases onto a newer Ubuntu LTS, re-running the setup command points the repository at the new 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

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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 KDE neon

Versions are what the repository serves for noble 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
GitUI	`gitui`	0.28.1-2~griffo
GPU Screen Recorder	`gpu-screen-recorder-cli`	6.1.4-1~noble
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
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

Do I need to change anything when neon moves to a new Ubuntu base?

Run the setup command again after the rebase. It rewrites the sources line with the new Ubuntu codename, and the next apt update fetches packages built for it.

Is deb.griffo.io an official KDE neon repository?

No. It is an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo, not affiliated with KDE neon. 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. A free mirror, deb-free.griffo.io, serves a smaller set of tools at a delay, with the same setup on this distro.

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 KDE neon