--- title: Install XGen Release Tool on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of XGen Release Tool for on elementary OS - btop-style terminal UI to release and deploy services safely url: https://snapcraft.io/install/xgen-release-tool/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install XGen Release Tool on **elementary OS** # XGen Release Tool [Subhash (sansuba)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/sansuba "View all snaps from Subhash (sansuba)") * [Subhash (sansuba)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/sansuba "View all snaps from Subhash (sansuba)") [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/xgen-release-tool/elementary#install) #### btop-style terminal UI to release and deploy services safely **XGen Release Tool** is a keyboard-driven terminal dashboard for the two GitHub Actions pipelines behind a component deploy API: **release** (build images, tag, publish) and **deploy** (roll an environment to a released version). It has the same panels-and-shortcuts feel as btop. **Highlights** * **Release and deploy in one screen.** Press `m` to switch modes. A release is one per repo (no environment); a deploy targets development, staging or production (`d` / `s` / `p`). * **Profiles.** Frontend and backend are managed separately. Each has its own ref, version and parameters per environment, plus a release block. Every edit shows a live preview of the exact request. * **Stops a dangerous duplicate release.** The release workflow pushes images before it creates the git tag. Re-releasing an existing version would overwrite those images and then fail. The version field turns red when the tag already exists, and the release is blocked. * **Checks before anything is sent.** Missing branches, unknown services and releases already in progress are blocked. You're warned about a version that isn't newer, a branch with no new commits, a partial release whose deploys would fail, or deploying a version that was never released. * **Confirm with a full summary.** Releases ask you to type the version; production deploys ask you to type `production`. * **Release, then deploy.** `n` suggests the next version after the latest GitHub release. When the release succeeds, `P` puts that version into the deploy form. * **Live run tracking.** Each dispatch is matched to its GitHub Actions run, with status and per-job results. If a release pushed images but failed to tag, the run is flagged as a mismatch. * **Sessions renew themselves.** Paste your Cognito refresh token once (the DevTools curl or response JSON works too). The tool renews the 1-hour id token before it expires or when the API returns 401, and asks again only when the refresh token itself expires. **Design decisions** * Nothing runs without an explicit confirm. Anything that can't be undone (a git tag, a GitHub Release, a production rollout) needs a typed confirmation. * Checks come from how the workflows really behave, not generic rules. * If a check can't reach GitHub, it becomes a warning rather than silently passing. * Credentials stay on your machine: tokens are saved with 0600 permissions in the snap's own data folder. Access tokens are refused, because the API needs the id token. * Config, token and run history live in `~/snap/xgen-release-tool/common/`, so they survive snap updates. Press `o` to edit the config in nano from inside the app. **Snap note:** strict confinement can't run the `gh` CLI. In the snap, the tag and branch checks become warnings and run status comes from the API endpoint. Install the tool with `uv tool install` for full GitHub checks. Press `?` inside the app for every keyboard shortcut. ### Package name * xgen-release-tool --- ### License * Proprietary --- ### Last updated * 25 September 2026 - latest/edge --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/xgen-release-tool/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install XGen Release Tool 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 Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install XGen Release Tool To install XGen Release Tool, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install xgen-release-tool --edge ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/xgen-release-tool/elementary) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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