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title: Install chafa on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of chafa for Linux - CLI converter of image and
  GIFs to sizel or ANSI/Unicode characters
url: https://snapcraft.io/chafa
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# chafa

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latest/candidate 1.6.0-5-ge8339e5

Install latest/candidate of chafa

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install chafa --candidate
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

chafa is only available on the unstable candidate channel. It could break and change often.

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### Package name

* chafa

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 4 February 2021 - latest/candidate
* 18 February 2025 - latest/edge

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/chafa#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/chafa#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/chafa#tab-security)

#### CLI converter of image and GIFs to sizel or ANSI/Unicode characters

Chafa is a highly configurable command line utility that converts images
and GIFs into sixel or ANSI/Unicore character outputs. It has support
for alpha transparency, multiple colour modes and colour spaces,
combining selectable ranges of Unicode characters to product the desired
output.

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## Install chafa on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/chafa/raspbian)