Sourcetree for Linux: is there one, and what to use on Ubuntu instead

No, there is no official Sourcetree for Linux, and none has been announced. Atlassian’s download page offers no .deb, no .rpm and no other Linux package, and the main request for a Linux desktop app on its issue tracker is closed. If you searched for Sourcetree on Ubuntu, the practical answer is a Git client built for Linux. Our pick, with an obvious bias, is GitTree: a free Git GUI with a native .deb for Ubuntu and Debian and the commit graph, hunk staging and interactive rebase that Sourcetree users rely on.

A note before we start: GitTree’s maker wrote this post, so weigh our recommendation accordingly. Every claim about Sourcetree comes from Atlassian’s own pages, plus one report on Wine’s bug tracker, all listed in the sources at the end.

Is there a Sourcetree for Linux? What Atlassian’s own pages say

Sourcetree is very much alive on macOS and Windows, with maintenance releases every one to three months, but Atlassian has never published a Linux version. The evidence, as of October 2026:

• The website. sourcetreeapp.com offers downloads for Mac and Windows only and does not mention Linux anywhere on the page.
• The download archive. Every build listed is for Mac, Windows or Windows Enterprise (an MSI for managed deployment). There is no Linux file in any format.
• The issue tracker. The request “SourceTree linux desktop” (SRCTREE-2991), opened in 2015, collected 437 votes and was closed unresolved. A newer one (SRCTREE-8143) is marked Future Consideration, which Atlassian’s tracker describes as a possible longer-term roadmap candidate that is not in development.

Running Sourcetree on Ubuntu with Wine: why it is a poor option

Wine lets Linux run many Windows programs, and some people report getting Sourcetree to start with it. For daily work, though, you are stacking layers that nobody tests together:

• Nobody supports it. Atlassian builds Sourcetree for Mac and Windows, not for Linux or Wine. Any release can change what works, and the fix is yours to find.
• It is a .NET Framework app. Sourcetree for Windows has needed .NET Framework 4.8 since version 3.4.8, and under Wine such apps can need Microsoft components added with winetricks. In a 2019 report on Wine’s bug tracker (bug 47314), the Sourcetree 3.1.3 installer still crashed after the reporter had added .NET 4.7.2 that way, until they also installed a Direct3D component (d3dcompiler_47).
• Registration crosses two worlds. Atlassian’s documentation says each user registers Sourcetree for Windows on first launch, through a Bitbucket Server instance in the default browser or through the Atlassian account service. In the same Wine report, that step relied on a local web address and Internet Explorer settings inside Wine: one more hand-off between a Windows program and your Linux desktop.
• Two Gits on one machine. Under Wine, Sourcetree runs its embedded Windows Git (2.51.0 since version 3.4.25) or another Windows Git, with its own configuration, SSH keys and credentials, apart from the git in your terminal. Windows builds of Git can also treat line endings, symlinks and the executable bit differently.
• It never feels native. Fonts, display scaling, file dialogs, stored passwords and opening links all pass through a translation layer.

Wine will do for a quick look at a repository. For daily work, a native client is less effort than keeping that stack alive after every update.

What about a Windows virtual machine?

A Windows virtual machine runs Sourcetree the way Atlassian intends, so it is the supported route on a Linux computer. The price is a Windows licence, gigabytes of disk and memory, and repositories inside the VM or behind a shared folder. Worth it if you need other Windows-only tools; heavy for a Git GUI alone.

The best Sourcetree alternatives on Linux

Most Sourcetree users want the same handful of things: a readable commit graph, staging by hunk or line, interactive rebase without editing a todo file, a sane way through merge conflicts, and an app that installs like any other Ubuntu program. Here are the options, starting with ours.

Git’s own tools: gitk and git gui

Git comes with two small graphical tools written in Tcl/Tk: gitk, a history browser, and git gui, which focuses on making commits (staging, amending, branching, local merges, fetching and pushing). They look dated, but they cost nothing and are in the Ubuntu and Debian archives:

sudo apt install gitk git-gui

Run gitk --all inside a repository to see every branch, or git gui to stage and commit. Neither offers interactive rebase or pull requests, so they suit occasional use better than a full Sourcetree replacement.

Other clients, your editor and the command line

A few commercial Git clients do ship Linux builds; our best Git GUI for Linux round-up compares them, and GitHub Desktop for Linux answers the same question for GitHub’s app. Your code editor’s Git panel handles quick commits, and plain git is always there; Git GUI vs command line shows where each wins.

Moving from Sourcetree: what carries over and what changes

If you used Sourcetree at work on a Mac or a Windows PC and now sit at a Linux machine, most of your habits transfer. The table maps the main ones; our full Sourcetree comparison goes further, feature by feature.

Where Sourcetree is still ahead

• Maturity. More than a decade of releases, backed by Atlassian. GitTree is new, at version 1.2.9.
• Bundled Git. Sourcetree ships its own Git and Git LFS, so it works on a clean machine.
• Mercurial. Sourcetree handles Mercurial repositories too; GitTree is Git only.
• No account on the Mac version. GitTree needs a free account on every platform.
• Languages. About a dozen interface languages; GitTree has two, English and Arabic, with a full right-to-left interface.
• Atlassian integration. Jira issue keys in commit messages become links, and Bitbucket Data Center accounts are first-class.

On macOS and Windows, those points can tip the balance toward Sourcetree. On Linux they are moot, because it does not run there.

On Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 12, the whole install fits in four commands (in the third, use the file name you saved):

git --version
cd ~/Downloads
sudo apt install ./Git-Tree-Linux.deb
gittree

Prefer not to install anything system-wide? The portable AppImage runs without root; the GitTree for Linux guide covers it, along with the system keyring and uninstalling. If your Git is too old, our guide to upgrading Git on Ubuntu 22.04 walks through the PPA in detail.

Bring your Sourcetree setup with you

Sourcetree keeps very little that Git does not already store, so moving is mostly about your surroundings:

• Repositories. Clone them again or copy the folders over; history, branches, tags and stashes live inside each repository.
• Identity. Your name, e-mail and aliases live in ~/.gitconfig, which any app reads. GitTree profiles keep work and personal identities apart without editing it.
• SSH keys. Copy your keys from ~/.ssh, or generate a new key in GitTree, test it and upload it to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket.
• Merge tools. GitTree can launch Meld, KDiff3 or P4Merge, though its built-in three-way editor may make them unnecessary; our guide on how to resolve Git merge conflicts shows both ways.
• Custom actions. They map to GitTree’s custom commands, and the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) reaches about 300 commands.
• Git Flow. Feature, release and hotfix branches work as before.

GitTree is free today, private repositories included, and the same app runs on Mac, Windows and Linux. Browse the GitTree features, see how interactive rebase works in a Git GUI, get help on the support page, or pick any installer from the download page.