Linux packages, Flatpak and Homebrew

Summary

Install and update Snim the way your system expects: a .deb or .rpm on Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora, a Flatpak on any Linux distribution, and a Homebrew cask on macOS. No building from source and no hunting for dependencies.

What you can do

• Install the .deb on Ubuntu 22.04+ and Debian 12+, or the .rpm on Fedora 42+, and let apt or dnf pull in the GStreamer pieces that recording needs.
• Install the Flatpak on any distribution with one command, and keep it current with flatpak update.
• On a Mac, run brew install --cask snimdev/tap/snim, and brew upgrade keeps it current.
• On other distributions, run the install script, which installs under ~/.local without root, or unpack the portable tarball anywhere.
• Pick x86_64 or ARM: the packages, the tarball and the Flatpak come for both.

How it works

• The .deb and .rpm install Snim to /opt/snim with a snim command, a menu entry and icons. Qt comes bundled; GStreamer comes from your distribution.
• On KDE Plasma, the menu entry the packages and the install script ship is what lets KWin give Snim instant, dialog-free screenshots from the first launch.
• The Flatpak comes from Snim's own signed repository at dl.snim.dev. The install command adds it as the snim remote and fetches the KDE runtime from Flathub by itself.
• The install script checks every download against the release checksums, and running it again updates Snim.

Platforms

• Windows: The installer and the portable zip, covered by Windows support.
• macOS: The Homebrew cask installs the same signed and notarized app as the DMG: Apple silicon, macOS 15 Sequoia or newer.
• Linux: .deb for Debian and Ubuntu, .rpm for Fedora, and the Flatpak anywhere. On ARM, the packages need Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 13 or newer. On openSUSE, use the Flatpak, since the .rpm expects Fedora's package names. In the Flatpak, KDE screenshots go through the desktop's screenshot portal instead of KWin directly, and Snim saves into Pictures/Screenshots and Videos/Snim. Recording needs PipeWire and xdg-desktop-portal everywhere.

Not in this version

• Not on Flathub yet: the Flatpak comes from dl.snim.dev.
• No APT or DNF repository: to update, install the newer .deb or .rpm the same way.
• No AUR package yet; that has its own roadmap entry.
• No build for Intel Macs.

Status

• Shipped in 1.0.0-rc.1