---
title: Install Simple Git — Beginner-Friendly Git GUI on Arch Linux using the Snap
  Store | Snapcraft
description: 'Get the latest version of Simple Git — Beginner-Friendly Git GUI for
  on Arch Linux - Free, beginner-friendly Git app: plain-English steps and one-click
  undo.'
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/simplegit/arch
---

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# Install Simple Git — Beginner-Friendly Git GUI on **Arch Linux**

# Simple Git — Beginner-Friendly Git GUI (simplegit)

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#### Free, beginner-friendly Git app: plain-English steps and one-click undo.

**Free, beginner-friendly Git app for Linux.** See your project's history as a clear graph, understand every action in plain English, and undo mistakes in one click. Everything runs on your machine: no account, no cloud, no telemetry.

**MADE FOR PEOPLE LEARNING GIT**

* Every action explained in plain English before it runs
* A "What should I do?" panel suggests the next sensible step
* One-click Undo for commits, merges and rebases
* Activity (reflog) view to jump back to any earlier state

**SEE WHAT HAPPENED**

* Interactive commit graph you can zoom and pan
* Click any commit to peek at its changes without checking it out
* Clear, colour-coded diffs

**EVERYDAY WORK**

* Review your changes, write a message and commit
* Fetch, pull, push, switch branches and clone, each with a plain-language confirmation
* Resolve merge conflicts on a side-by-side screen: keep mine, keep theirs, or edit
* Ctrl+K command palette for quick actions

**PRIVATE BY DESIGN**

* Works offline with your local repositories
* Nothing leaves your computer unless you push to a remote you choose
* No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription

Optional: connect your own local AI server (for example Ollama) to suggest commit messages. Off by default.

Also on Windows: <https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PCP7WP1L64C>

Interface in English. ES: App de Git gratuita y fácil para principiantes. PT: App de Git gratuito e fácil para iniciantes. DE: Kostenlose, einsteigerfreundliche Git-App. FR: Application Git gratuite et simple pour débuter. JA: 初心者向けの無料Gitアプリ（表示は英語）。

### Package name

* simplegit

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 21 September 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [app.notion.com](https://app.notion.com/p/Simple-Git-38c7890b332b80a782e7d0990b780f21 "https://app.notion.com/p/Simple-Git-38c7890b332b80a782e7d0990b780f21")

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Simple Git — Beginner-Friendly Git GUI

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/)
The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported
install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites)
installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Simple Git — Beginner-Friendly Git GUI

To install Simple Git — Beginner-Friendly Git GUI, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install simplegit
```

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