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How to install zellij on Linux (zellij-org/zellij) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

zellij-org/zellij

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Start here

Website ↗zellij.devThe project's own site.Docs ↗zellij.devLinked from the README.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

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Download for Linux

Release v0.45.1 · 8/28/2026 ↗

zellij-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 18.7 MB · 104,266 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/releases/download/v0.45.1/zellij-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "zellij-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

Other Linux downloads (3)

zellij-no-web-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 15.0 MB · 12,144 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/releases/download/v0.45.1/zellij-no-web-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "zellij-no-web-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

zellij-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 18.0 MB · 31,446 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/releases/download/v0.45.1/zellij-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "zellij-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

zellij-no-web-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 14.5 MB · 1,366 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/releases/download/v0.45.1/zellij-no-web-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "zellij-no-web-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

Install with a package manager

Cargo

cargo install --locked zellij

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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