Supported Linux Distributions
Dual Releases for Qt 5 & 6
Polychromatic is built using PyQt. Since v0.9.0
, we’ve migrated to Qt 6, but
will continue to support v0.8.x for distributions that require Qt 5 until
the next big release.
v0.8.3 ─┬─> v0.9.0 ──> v0.9.1 ──> v0.9.2 ──> v0.9.3 (Qt 6)
│
└─> v0.8.4 ──> v0.8.5 ──> v0.8.6 ──> v0.8.7 (Qt 5)
Official Packages
We create packages for the following distros. This requires adding our repository,
or installing a package (.pkg.tar.zst or .deb) separately from the release notes.
Updates can be expected shortly after a new release.
- Debian, Ubuntu (and derivatives) via Launchpad.
- Arch Linux (and derivatives) via the AUR.
- Fedora, openSUSE and Mageia via openSUSE Build Service
See the Download page for instructions.
Community Supported
The wider community looks after these packages. Update times may vary.
See the Download page for instructions.
Universal Package Formats
We highly recommend using native packages
for the best feature experience. We understand there may be
reasons to use other formats, such as operating systems with an immutable (read only) file system.
We only provide a Flatpak providing the Controller experience only.
There are limitations, and you still need to install OpenRazer on the host.
See the Flatpak download page for details.
AppImage and Snaps are not available at this time.