Install the Latest Dev Tools on Zorin OS with apt

            ⚡ The short answer. Yes, deb.griffo.io works on Zorin OS. 61 developer tools install with plain apt on Zorin OS 18 and Zorin OS 17, 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 Zorin OS 18.
        

Zorin OS is built on Ubuntu LTS and aimed at people moving from Windows or macOS. Its own Software store leans on Flatpak and Snap for applications, but command-line developer tools from those stores often run sandboxed or lag upstream. deb.griffo.io serves them as ordinary apt packages, built for the Ubuntu release Zorin OS is based on.

🔍 Which suite your release gets

Release	Built on	Suite	Tools available
Zorin OS 18	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat”	`noble`	61
Zorin OS 17	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”	`jammy`	59

Zorin OS sets UBUNTU_CODENAME in /etc/os-release, so the setup command gets noble on Zorin OS 18 and jammy on Zorin OS 17.

📦 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 Zorin OS

Versions are what the repository serves for noble right now (updated 2026-10-19). Older releases get the same version wherever the tool is built for them; the last column says which are.

Tool	apt package	Version	Zorin OS 17
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

Why apt instead of the Software store?

Command-line tools installed as apt packages land on your normal PATH, see your real home directory and shell configuration without sandbox permissions, and update with the rest of the system.

Is deb.griffo.io an official Zorin OS repository?

No. It is an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo, not affiliated with Zorin OS. 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.

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