Debian

Repository updated for Debian 13 onwards

Debian 13 “Trixie” no longer accepts the SHA-1 signing key as of February 2026. We’ve created a new repository for Debian to replace the Launchpad one.

If you use Debian 12 “Bookworm” or earlier, the Launchpad repository will continue to work.

To add the repository and install, open the Terminal:

curl -fsSL 'https://debian.polychromatic.app/key.asc' | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /usr/share/keyrings/polychromatic.gpg

source /etc/os-release
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/polychromatic.gpg] https://debian.polychromatic.app $VERSION_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/polychromatic.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt install polychromatic

OpenRazer

OpenRazer is in the official Debian repositories, but it could be a few versions behind.

sudo apt install openrazer-meta

You’ll need to add your user to the plugdev group.

sudo gpasswd -a $USER plugdev

Reboot afterwards for changes to take effect.

For the latest device support and fixes, we’d recommend using OpenRazer’s own repository.