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TyrnBeta

Linux

Tyrn runs on Linux on x86_64. Linux on ARM is not supported yet. For macOS, see macOS.

Requirements

  • An x86_64 (Intel or AMD) computer.
  • glibc 2.43 or newer, for example Ubuntu 26.04 or newer. Run ldd --version to check.
  • An X11 or Wayland desktop.
  • A GPU with Vulkan support. See Troubleshooting if the window doesn’t open.
  • For the file picker: xdg-desktop-portal and a portal backend for your desktop. See Troubleshooting.

Install

Tyrn is in private beta: request access with GitHub at tyrn.dev and we email you the download link. The download is a tarball named Tyrn-<version>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Get the install script from the same place, then run it with the tarball:

Terminal window
sh install.sh Tyrn-0.9.1009-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

The script needs no root access. It does three things:

  • Unpacks Tyrn into ~/.local/tyrn.app.
  • Links the tyrn command at ~/.local/bin/tyrn.
  • Adds Tyrn to your app menu and search, with the file ~/.local/share/applications/dev.tyrn.Tyrn.desktop.

If it warns that your system is missing libraries, install them with your package manager. Tyrn won’t start without them.

Add tyrn to your PATH

If ~/.local/bin isn’t on your PATH, the script prints the command to add it. For bash:

Terminal window
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Open a new terminal and run tyrn to start Tyrn, or tyrn <folder> to open a folder. See Command line.

Open Tyrn

Search for Tyrn in your app menu, or run tyrn in a terminal. If the entry doesn’t show up right away, log out and back in.

Updates

Tyrn checks tyrn.dev for updates automatically and installs them in place, like on macOS. You don’t run the install script again. See Updates.

Uninstall

Remove ~/.local/tyrn.app, the tyrn link, the app menu entry and, if you want, your data. See Uninstall.