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title: Install electerm on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of electerm for Linux - Open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp
  client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS).
url: https://snapcraft.io/electerm
---

# electerm

[ZHAO Xudong (zxdong262)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/zxdong262 "View all snaps from ZHAO Xudong (zxdong262)")

* [ZHAO Xudong (zxdong262)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/zxdong262 "View all snaps from ZHAO Xudong (zxdong262)")
* [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development)
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 5.6.10

Install latest/stable of electerm

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install electerm --classic
```

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

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### Package name

* electerm

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 15 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 15 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [electerm.org](https://electerm.org "https://electerm.org")

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### Contact

* [zxdong@gmail.com](mailto:zxdong@gmail.com "mailto:zxdong@gmail.com")

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### Donations

* [electerm.org](https://electerm.org/sponsor-electerm/ "https://electerm.org/sponsor-electerm/")

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### Source code

* [github.com/electerm/electerm](https://github.com/electerm/electerm "https://github.com/electerm/electerm")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/electerm/electerm/issues](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/issues "https://github.com/electerm/electerm/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS).

Open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client(Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, HarmonyOS, iOS).

Besides mainstream Windows/macOS/Linux/Android, electerm also supports HarmonyOS, iOS, and older systems — Ubuntu 18, Windows 7, macOS 10+, and special Chinese Linux distributions such as UOS, Kylin, and LoongArch (both old-world and new-world), as well as RISC-V (riscv64) and PowerPC 64-bit little-endian (ppc64le) Linux.

[Homepage / Downloads](<https://electerm.org>) · [Theme](<https://theme.electerm.org>) · [Docker](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm-web-docker>) · [Online demo](<https://demo.electerm.org>) · [Android](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm-android>) · [HarmonyOS](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm-harmony>) · [Apple App Store](<https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/electerm/id6792971552>) · [Huawei AppGallery](<https://appgallery.huawei.com/app/detail?id=org.electerm.electerm>) · [Microsoft Store](<https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NCN7272GTFF>) · [Snap Store](<https://snapcraft.io/electerm>) · [deb repo](<https://repos.electerm.org/deb>) · [rpm repo](<https://repos.electerm.org/rpm>)

🌐 **[electerm online](<https://cloud.electerm.org>)** — Public free online electerm app
🤖 **[electerm AI](<https://ai.electerm.org>)** — Free AI for electerm users
💻 **[electerm-web](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm-web>)** — Web app version running in browser (including mobile device)

## Features

* Works as a terminal/file manager, ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client
* Support Window 7+(X64/ARM64), HarmonyOS，Android, iOS, Mac OS 10.15+(x64/arm64), Linux(x64/arm64/Loong64 new world & old world), even old Linux with glibc 2.17+ like UOS/Kylin/Ubuntu 18.04 etc
* Global hotkey to toggle window visibility (similar to guake, default is `ctrl + 2`)
* 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇧🇷 🇷🇺 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 🇭🇰 🇯🇵 🇸🇦 🇩🇪 🇰🇷 🇮🇩 🇵🇱 Multi-language support([electerm-locales](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm-locales>), contributions/fixes welcome)
* Double click to directly edit (small) remote files.
* All kind of auth methods: publicKey, password, ssh agent, certificates, otp, netbird etc.
* Support Zmodem(rz, sz), and [Trzsz](<https://github.com/trzsz/trzsz>)(trz/tsz).
* Support ssh related features: tunnel, connection hopping.
* Customizable UI: themes, background image, transparent window(Mac, win).
* Global/session proxy.
* Quick commands/triggers to do predefined tasks and automattic operations
* Sync data including bookmarks to github/gitee secret gist/webdav/custom server/electerm cloud
* Quick input/mirror input to one or all terminals.
* AI assistant integration (supporting multiple LLM API formats — OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, and Anthropic Messages) to help with command suggestions, script writing, and explaining selected terminal content, create bookmarks/themes, and agent mode to directly do terminal operations
* MCP (Model Context Protocol) widget for AI assistants and external tools integration - see [MCP Widget Usage Guide](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/MCP-Widget-Usage-Guide>)
* Deep link support: Open connections with URLs like `telnet://192.168.2.31:34554` or `ssh://user@host:22` - see [Deep link support wiki](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Deep-link-support>)
* Command line usage: check [wiki](<https://github.com/electerm/electerm/wiki/Command-line-usage>)

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## Install electerm 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/electerm/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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