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title: Install Cwtch (Unofficial) on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Cwtch (Unofficial) for Linux - Privacy-focused
  Tor messenger
url: https://snapcraft.io/cwtch-tsugu
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# Cwtch (Unofficial) (cwtch-tsugu)

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latest/stable 1.16.3

Install latest/stable of Cwtch (Unofficial)

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install cwtch-tsugu
```

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

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### Package name

* cwtch-tsugu

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 19 July 2026 - latest/stable
* 20 March 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [cwtch.im](https://cwtch.im "https://cwtch.im")

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### Contact

* [tsugu.xyz](https://tsugu.xyz/ "https://tsugu.xyz/")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/Tsu-gu/cwtch-snap](https://github.com/Tsu-gu/cwtch-snap "https://github.com/Tsu-gu/cwtch-snap")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Privacy-focused Tor messenger

This is an **unofficial snap**, one of the known bugs is not being able to upload images when you enable the experimental feature.

**Cwtch (/kʊtʃ/** - a Welsh word roughly translating to “a hug that creates a safe place”) is a decentralized, privacy-preserving, multi-party messaging protocol that can be used to build metadata resistant applications.

**Decentralized and Open**
Participants in Cwtch can host their own safe spaces, or lend their infrastructure to others seeking a safe space. There is no “Cwtch service” or “Cwtch network”. The Cwtch protocol is open, and anyone is free to build bots, services and user interfacesand integrate and interact with Cwtch.

**Privacy Preserving**
All communication in Cwtch is end-to-end encrypted and takes place over Tor v3 onion services.

**Metadata Resistant**
Cwtch has been designed such that no information is exchanged or available to anyone without their explicit consent, including on-the-wire messages and protocol metadata.

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## Install Cwtch (Unofficial) 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/cwtch-tsugu/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/cwtch-tsugu/ubuntu)