Tusile for Linux

Every premium feature — voice, video, screen share, custom emoji, unlimited uploads — free, now on your Linux desktop. Pick whichever package suits your distro.

AppImage — any distribution

One portable file. No install, no root. Works on virtually every distro.

1. Make it executable: chmod +x Tusile-latest-x86_64.AppImage
2. On Ubuntu 22.04+ install the FUSE runtime once: sudo apt install -y libfuse2
3. Run it: ./Tusile-latest-x86_64.AppImage
   (or, without libfuse2: ./Tusile-latest-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run)

.deb — Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS

Installs into your application menu. For one-time installs; for automatic updates use the apt repository below instead.

1. Install (pulls any missing dependencies): sudo apt install ./tusile-latest-amd64.deb
2. Launch Tusile from the app grid, or run tusile in a terminal.
3. Remove later with sudo apt remove tusile.

apt repository — automatic updates

Add the repo once, then Tusile updates with the rest of your system via apt upgrade. Recommended on Debian/Ubuntu.

1. Add the repository (one time):
   echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://tusile.com/downloads/linux/apt ./' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tusile.list
2. Install: sudo apt update && sudo apt install tusile
3. From then on, updates come with: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Global push-to-talk — one-time permission

Push-to-talk that keeps working while another app or game is focused reads your keyboard at the system level, which Linux restricts for security. Add your user to the input group once to enable it. Push-to-talk while the Tusile window is focused works without this — the step below is only for hold-to-talk in the background.

1. Add yourself to the group: sudo usermod -aG input $USER
2. Log out and back in — a full desktop re-login (or a reboot) — so the change takes effect. Group membership is only read when your session starts.
3. Confirm it applied: run groups and check that input is listed.

Don't want to log out yet? In a terminal run newgrp input, then launch Tusile from that same terminal with tusile — the app inherits the group immediately, no re-login needed. If background push-to-talk still doesn't work, starting Tusile from a terminal will print ptt_hook: no readable input devices … permission-denied — that message confirms the group change hasn't reached your current session yet.

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