Snap
Canonical's universal Linux packages with confinement and automatic updates.
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1 more ways to get Snap
Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install snap
About Snap
Snap packages bundle their dependencies and run under confinement with interfaces that grant specific access, updating themselves in the background from the Snap Store. Ubuntu ships several core applications as snaps by default.
Strengths
- Automatic background updates with rollback to the previous revision
- Channels let you track stable, candidate, beta or edge per application
Limitations
- The Snap Store back end is proprietary and run solely by Canonical
- First launch is noticeably slower than a native package
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe open-source client is available without a license fee.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- Canonical
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Canonical's universal Linux packages with confinement and automatic updates
- Categories
- System utilities
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (System Utilities); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.