Snap (software)

Snap
Developer(s)Canonical Group Limited
Repository
Written inGo, C, Shell script, Python, JavaScript, NASL[1]
Operating systemLinux
LicenseGNU GPLv3 (Client & Runtime), proprietary (Backend)[2]
Websitesnapcraft.io Edit this on Wikidata

Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux kernel and the systemd init system. The packages, called snaps, and the tool for using them, snapd, work across a range of Linux distributions[3] and allow upstream software developers to distribute their applications directly to users. Snaps are self-contained applications running in a sandbox with mediated access to the host system. Snap was originally released for cloud applications[4] but was later ported to also work for Internet of Things devices[5][6] and desktop[7][8] applications.

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