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This is completely free and gives you ultimate control. The era of forcing every Linux developer to memorize git rebase -i HEAD~3 is fading. GitHub Desktop brings a professional, polished interface to the open-source world without costing a cent.

| Feature | GitHub Desktop (Deb/Free) | GitKraken | Git Cola | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Free | Freemium (paid pro) | Free | | GitHub Integration | Native & Official | Good | Basic | | CI/CD Checks | Shows PR checks | No | No | | Performance | Moderate (Electron) | Heavy (Electron) | Light (Python/Qt) | | Learning Curve | Very low | Medium | High | github desktop deb free

So, when you search for , you are primarily looking for community-maintained builds. The most famous and reliable of these is maintained by the shiftkey project (an unofficial port to Linux). What is the "Shiftkey" GitHub Desktop? A developer named Tim Miller (shiftkey) took the open-source code of GitHub Desktop and built a set of scripts that package it for Linux. He maintains a repository of .deb packages for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems. This is completely free and gives you ultimate control