Is lazyjira in the official Ubuntu repositories?

No, lazyjira is not packaged in the official Ubuntu archives. This repository is currently the only apt source, serving lazyjira 2.19.2.

How do I install the latest lazyjira on Ubuntu?

Add the deb.griffo.io repository once using the instructions above, then run: sudo apt install lazyjira. New releases arrive through the normal sudo apt upgrade.

Are the packages signed and how are they built?

Every package is signed with the repository's GPG key (EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256) and built from upstream releases in public GitHub packaging repositories that anyone can inspect.

Which Ubuntu releases are supported?

Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy, 24.04 Noble, 25.10 Questing and 26.04 Resolute.

Install Latest lazyjira on Ubuntu via apt

Source	Version
deb.griffo.io	2.19.2 ✅
Official Ubuntu	🚫 not packaged

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📌 Installing on a specific release? Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) · Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) · Ubuntu 26.04 (resolute)

What is lazyjira?

lazyjira is a keyboard-driven terminal UI for Jira, built in the style of lazygit and written in Go. Four panels show your issues, your projects, the selected issue and its status side by side, with vim-style navigation and mouse support. Search with JQL, then change an issue's transition, priority, assignee or labels, add comments, edit the description in your $EDITOR or create a new issue without opening a browser. It works with Jira Cloud and Jira Server/Data Center, and the first run walks you through the connection with a setup wizard. The package and the command are both called lazyjira.

            🚀 Why Latest Versions Matter: lazyjira is young and moves quickly, with new editing actions, Jira field support and configuration options landing release after release. It is not in the Debian or Ubuntu archives at all, and upstream publishes release binaries on GitHub but no apt repository, so a binary copied by hand into your PATH never updates itself.
        

⚡ Key Features of lazyjira

🔍 JQL Search

Type JQL with autocomplete and syntax highlighting, and come back to earlier queries through a persistent history. Saved JQL tabs keep the views you use every day one key away.

🗂️ Four-Panel Layout

Issues, projects, issue detail and status sit side by side, or stacked on a narrow terminal. Navigate with vim-style keys or the mouse.

✏️ Inline Editing

Change transitions, priority, assignee and labels, add comments, and edit descriptions in your $EDITOR. New issues are created from the same screen.

🌿 Git Integration

Create a git branch from the selected issue, or open the issue that belongs to the branch you are on, so the ticket and the code stay matched.

⚙️ Configurable

Keybindings, JQL tabs, issue columns and custom fields are all set in ~/.config/lazyjira/, with the default ANSI theme or one of the Catppuccin themes.

🔐 Cloud and Server

Jira Cloud signs in with an email and API token, Jira Server and Data Center with a personal access token, and mTLS client certificates are supported.

            🚀 Always ahead of the official archives: Debian and Ubuntu freeze package versions when a release ships. This repository publishes new upstream releases typically within hours. A simple apt upgrade keeps you on the latest version.
        

📦 Installation from deb.griffo.io

Run the commands

Step 1: Add Repository

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 $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) 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 $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

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Step 2: Install lazyjira

# Install latest lazyjira
sudo apt install lazyjira

# Verify installation
lazyjira --version

# Install latest lazyjira
apt install lazyjira

# Verify installation
lazyjira --version

Step 3: Connect to Jira

# The first run opens a setup wizard for your Jira connection
lazyjira

# Or set up and remove credentials directly
lazyjira auth
lazyjira logout

🎯 Basic Usage Examples

Trying it without writing anything:

# Dry run: work against your real Jira, but make no changes
lazyjira --dry-run

# Write a log file while you use it
lazyjira --log /tmp/lazyjira.log

Working from a git repository:

# Start lazyjira inside the repository you work in, so branches
# created from issues land there and the current branch maps to its issue
cd ~/src/my-service
lazyjira

Editing descriptions in your own editor:

# Descriptions open in $EDITOR
export EDITOR=nvim
lazyjira

Configuration and optional helpers:

# Keybindings, JQL tabs, columns, custom fields and theme live here
ls ~/.config/lazyjira/

# Suggested packages: git for branches, xclip to copy to the clipboard,
# xdg-utils to open issues in the browser
sudo apt install git xclip xdg-utils

# The changelog and the Config, Keybindings and Custom Fields docs
ls /usr/share/doc/lazyjira

# Keybindings, JQL tabs, columns, custom fields and theme live here
ls ~/.config/lazyjira/

# Suggested packages: git for branches, xclip to copy to the clipboard,
# xdg-utils to open issues in the browser
apt install git xclip xdg-utils

# The changelog and the Config, Keybindings and Custom Fields docs
ls /usr/share/doc/lazyjira

🔧 Tool Integrations

lazyjira fits into an existing terminal workflow:

Git: create a branch from the selected issue, or jump to the issue behind the branch you are on
Editor: descriptions open in $EDITOR, so Neovim, Helix or any other editor does the writing
Browser: open the selected issue in your browser through xdg-open when you need the full Jira web view
Clipboard: copy with xclip, ready to paste into a commit message or a chat
Corporate Jira: personal access tokens and mTLS client certificates cover Server and Data Center installs behind stricter setups

🚀 Why Choose deb.griffo.io?

📊 Repository Comparison:

Official Ubuntu: not packaged: lazyjira is in neither main nor universe on any Ubuntu release
Upstream binary: current on the day you download it, but upstream publishes release binaries on GitHub with no apt repository, so apt upgrade never sees a new version and every release is another manual download
Building with go install: needs a Go toolchain and a rebuild on every upgrade, and leaves out the changelog and documentation
deb.griffo.io: latest version with automatic updates

✅ No Runtime Dependencies: lazyjira is a single statically linked Go binary; git, xclip and xdg-utils are only suggested, for branches, the clipboard and opening issues in the browser
✅ Apt Updates for Upstream's Releases: upstream ships binaries but no repository; here every release lands in a GPG-signed apt repository with a build for each Debian and Ubuntu suite
✅ Automatic Updates: packages updated within hours of upstream releases
✅ Complete Package: the lazyjira binary plus upstream's changelog and its Config, Keybindings and Custom Fields docs in /usr/share/doc/lazyjira
✅ Two Architectures: amd64 and arm64 only, so laptops, servers and 64-bit ARM boards get the same lazyjira
✅ Multi-Distribution: works on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.10 and 26.04
✅ Easy Maintenance: standard apt commands for updates

📦 Package Build Repository

The Ubuntu packages are automatically built and maintained in this GitHub repository:

🎫 lazyjira-debian - Latest release builds

🔗 Related Packages

Also available from deb.griffo.io:

lazygit - Terminal UI for git, the tool lazyjira takes its style from
lazydocker - Terminal UI for Docker and docker-compose in the same style
k9s - Terminal UI for managing Kubernetes clusters
yq - Command-line YAML, JSON and XML processor

            🎯 Perfect for: developers who live in the terminal and would rather not open Jira in a browser, triaging and updating issues from the keyboard, keeping git branches in step with issue keys, and trying a Jira client safely with a dry run before it writes anything.
        

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