canonical/snapd
The snapd and snap tools enable systems to work with .snap files. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 31
- age_days: 3969
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 24
Adoption not part of the score
2046 stars · 688 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
snapd is the background daemon and snap CLI tool that manages snap packages on Linux systems, handling installation, updates, confinement, and interface permissions. It is the core runtime of the Snap ecosystem used across desktop, cloud, and IoT Linux distributions.
Use cases
- install and manage snap packages on linux
- automatically update applications system-wide
- sandbox applications with confinement policies
- manage app permissions via snap interfaces
- deploy apps to iot devices with snap packages
When to choose
- you run a linux distribution that uses snaps (e.g. ubuntu) and need the package runtime
- you want sandboxed, auto-updating, dependency-free app packages
- you are building or deploying snaps for desktop, cloud, or iot
When to avoid
- you prefer deb/rpm/flatpak package management on a non-snap distribution
- you need a lightweight system without a background package daemon
- you dislike forced automatic updates or proprietary store backend
Facets
service · maturity stable
package-manager security cli deployment operating-systems developer-tools self-hosted iot go cli iot snap-packages package-management confinement ubuntu system-daemon app-distribution linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/canonical/snapd · fetched 2026-08-28 · 552a224c85a0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| canonical/snapd | main | 95 |
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