is there any command to install Trello in ubuntu? I search on their website but there is no official application for ubuntu-desktop.
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Yes, it can be done. As it is not available officially, you have to download it from this git repository link to repo. Use the command below to download the software :
wget https://github.com/danielchatfield/trello-desktop/releases/download/v0.1.9/Trello-linux-0.1.9.zip -O trello.zip
Use the following commands to install the downloaded file :
sudo mkdir /opt/trello
sudo unzip trello.zip -d /opt/trello/
You can now use trello
, type trello
in the terminal to launch it, or you can create a desktop shortcut as given below.
Create a shortcut to facilitate program execution :
sudo ln -sf /opt/trello/Trello /usr/bin/trello
Create a launcher for the program by running the command below :
echo -e '[Desktop Entry]\n Version=1.0\n Name=trello\n Exec=/opt/trello/Trello\n Icon=/opt/trello/resources/app/static/Icon.png\n Type=Application\n Categories=Application' | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/trello.desktop
Put the shortcut on your desktop using the system file manager or the command below, and use it to start the program :
sudo chmod +x /usr/share/applications/trello.desktop
After this make sure that you have libgconf2-4 installed in your system. If you don't have, then install it using this command :
sudo apt-get install libgconf2-4

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I'm on Pop!_OS 20.04 (technically Ubuntu 20.04) and I couldn't download libgconf2-4, any idea? – Baha Jul 12 '21 at 14:11
As of today, Trello does not have a native Linux app. In my opinion, there are 2 meaningful things you can do about this:
- Use the unofficial app mentioned in the answer by matinict.
- Or use a site specific browser window with Trello app quickly callable by a keyboard shortcut. I use this as an alternative to Ubuntu Todo app which is unfortunately not syncing with the cloud.
Here is how to do it with Firefox v73+:
- go to
about:config
,Accept the Risk and Continue
- search for
ssb
and using double-click flip it to true - restart Firefox (I know about ssb thanks to this post of Andrew Braun)
- now the command
firefox --ssb https://trello.com/yourboard
should work - now go to
Ubuntu Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts > Add
- fill in the command, specify a shortcut (I use
Super + F1
) and there you go, you have a Trello window quickly callable by a keyboard shortcut.
Here is how to do it with Chromium (I guess the same-ish applies for Chrome):
sudo apt install chromium-browser
- open your Trello board in the Chromium browser
- click the
3 dots icon
in the top right corner and chooseMore tools > Create Shortcut
- give the shortcut a name and check
Open as window
- go to your Desktop where you will find a file named
chrome-somethingsomething.Desktop
- open it with a text editor and copy the
app-id
- this command opens the shortcut:
/snap/bin/chromium --app-id=<the app id you have copied>
- do the steps 5. and 6. from the Firefox list.
Desktop shortcut instead of keyboard shortcut:
If you are more interested in "clicking an icon", this answer might be useful to you but I do not use it.
Other remarks:
- chromium will remember the window position, which is cool
- you can obviously close the window quickly with Alt+F4
- of course, you can delete the .Desktop file from the Desktop
- you can use Trello smartphone app so you have your todos always at hand

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By adding this PPA to your system, You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:atareao/trello-desktop
to your system's Software Sources.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/trello-desktop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install trello-desktop
or
sudo snap install so-trello
Simply install Whale : https://www.electronjs.org/apps/whale
It's an unofficial Trello app that works flawlessly (I'm using Ubuntu Studio 20.04).

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How come I didn't know about this one! I'll give it a try.
Additionally there's a snapped electron app (turned up during the summer) worth mentioning (just came here to do that :) but then a comment might do well).
Might be a 'fork' of what matinct mentioned above via a ppa.
https://snapcraft.io/trello-desktop
– brezniczky Nov 17 '21 at 22:14
Focus|Project is for now a PC app, a Trello integration, which practically can be used as a speedy although reduced functionality Trello client (with some extras too!)
I'd put it as a todo ticker/note taker (incl. annotated images as attachments combined with a live markdown preview, but also desktop notifications) for now, with a growing set of features for offline Trello use (for starters it now supports a read-only board history for on/offline use in the form of fast to access, searchable data snapshots).
It's still in beta, but in my experience it works out well on at least Ubuntu as a lightweight short-range PM aide for the web (or electron) based heavier artillery.
You should be able to simply install it from Ubuntu Software under the focus-project
name, or via the console:
snap install focus-project
At the moment it works off either a developer token (albeit that may or may not be a stretch for some - if it's prohibitive, let me know!) or a password-restricted, but more proper authorization for beta testers on Linux (ask :) ).
Enjoy!
(Disclaimer: I am the author)

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You need to follow this link for easy installation process https://snapcraft.io/install/trello-desktop/ubuntu#install

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Still bogus, and lots of things aren't supported, but I mostly like using it :)
– brezniczky Jan 11 '21 at 06:17