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title: Install fetch on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of fetch for Linux - Download files and verify
  checksum.
url: https://snapcraft.io/fetch
---

# fetch

[Falk Werner (falk-werner)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/falk-werner "View all snaps from Falk Werner (falk-werner)")

* [Falk Werner (falk-werner)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/falk-werner "View all snaps from Falk Werner (falk-werner)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 1.0.1

Install latest/stable of fetch

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install fetch
```

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

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### Package name

* fetch

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 24 April 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [github.com/falk-werner/fetch](https://github.com/falk-werner/fetch "https://github.com/falk-werner/fetch")

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### Source code

* [github.com/falk-werner/fetch](https://github.com/falk-werner/fetch "https://github.com/falk-werner/fetch")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/falk-werner/fetch/issues](https://github.com/falk-werner/fetch/issues "https://github.com/falk-werner/fetch/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Download files and verify checksum.

Downloads a file an optionally verifies it's MD5 or SHA256 checksum.

**Usage**

```
fetch -L $SOME_URL --sha256 $SHA256_SUM
```

The command line options for fetch are compatible with the widely curl command. A wide variety of options are available yet. If you want to use an option that is still missing, please leave an issue at the project's Github repository.

**Features**

* curl-inspired API
* check SHA256 or MD5 checksum during download
* multiple HTTP methods (GET, PUT, POST, and more)
* upload data from local file
* specify timeouts
* specify TLS version to use

**Limitations of snap version**

The snap version is only able to write files in the current users home directory. To overcome this limitation, either pipe the output of fetch to the desired file or install the .deb package provided on the project's Github repository.

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## Install fetch 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/fetch/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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