snapcraft
Install command:
brew install snapcraftPackage any app for every Linux desktop, server, cloud or device
License: GPL-3.0-only
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/snapcraft.json
Formula code: snapcraft.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 9.2.1 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| certifi | 2026.10.23 | Mozilla CA bundle for Python |
| cryptography | 50.0.2 | Cryptographic recipes and primitives for Python |
| libsodium | 1.0.22 | NaCl networking and cryptography library |
| libyaml | 0.2.5 | YAML Parser |
| lxc | 6.10.1 | CLI client for interacting with LXD |
| pydantic | 2.14.3 | Data validation using Python type hints |
| pygit2 | 1.21.0 | Bindings to the libgit2 shared library |
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| snap | 2.78 | Tool to work with .snap files |
| xdelta | 3.2.2 | Binary diff, differential compression tools |
Uses from macOS: libffi, libxml2 (since macOS Ventura), libxslt
Binaries:
snapcraft,
snapcraftctl-compat
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 197 | 456 | 2,358 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Installs on Request | 197 | 456 | 2,358 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Build Errors | 0 |
Known vulnerabilities in the current version:
| GHSA-xmj3-9gf7-h52w | setuptools: Windows path escape via namespace_packages.txt during legacy wheel installation Desc... |
Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns snapcraft for a live check.