There are three steps to success with GitKraken Client. That’s it!
- Download GitKraken Client
- Install GitKraken Client
- Use GitKraken Client
No Git tools are required for GitKraken Client, so once you’ve run the installer, you can open the app and get going.
If you want to utilize additional features such as the terminal or LFS, download git-scm .
Below are platform-specific instructions and details on minimum requirements.
Looking for GitKraken Enterprise Self-Hosted installation instructions? Then please start in with our Enterprise System Requirements page.
Windows (.exe file)
- System requirements: Windows 10+
- Download (64-bit)
- Download (32-bit)
Install Instructions
Double-click the downloaded executable file. You will see a splash screen while GitKraken Client is insalled, and then the application will automatically start.
Windows Data Location
GitKraken Client data is stored with your home profile in C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming in the .gitkraken folder.
Mac OS (.dmg file)
- System requirements: Mac OS X 10.11+
- Download
Install Instructions
Double click the downloaded DMG file and when prompted, drag and drop the GitKraken icon to your Applications folder.
Mac OS Data Location
GitKraken Client data is stored in /Users/{user}/.gitkraken == ~/.gitkraken.
Linux (.deb, .rpm, and .tar.gz files)
- .deb system requirements: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later
- .rpm system requirements: RHEL 7+, CentOS 7+, or Fedora 34+
Note 📝 – GitKraken Client currently supports Ubuntu 18.04 LTS+, RHEL 7+, CentOS 7+, and Fedora 34+. While GitKraken Client may be able to be installed on other Linux distributions, we cannot guarantee that it will work as expected.
.deb
GitKraken Client has a simple package available for Debian based distributions.
wget https://release.gitkraken.com/linux/gitkraken-amd64.deb
sudo apt install gitkraken-amd64.deb.tar
wget https://release.gitkraken.com/linux/gitkraken-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvzf gitkraken-amd64.tar.gz.rpm
wget https://release.gitkraken.com/linux/gitkraken-amd64.rpm
sudo dnf install ./gitkraken-amd64.rpmNote: for older distros that do not have dnf, you should use yum instead.
Snap
Snap is an easy-to-install package for Linux distributions (supported versions above). Get it from the snap store or Snapcraft.io.
Linux Data Location
GitKraken Client data is stored in /home/{user}/.gitkraken == ~/.gitkraken.
WSL
If you’re attempting to use GitKraken client within Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), visit our page on How to use GitKraken Client with WSL for additional details.
Run GitKraken Client
Upon installation, some Linux distros do not automatically create shortcuts to the app.
To run GitKraken Client manually, open the terminal and type gitkraken to start the app.