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title: Install filex on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of filex for Linux - Your filex server's files
  in a window, with folder sync
url: https://snapcraft.io/filex-app
---

# filex (filex-app)

[BRF Tech (brftech)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brftech "View all snaps from BRF Tech (brftech)")

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latest/stable 0.57.0

Install latest/stable of filex

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install filex-app
```

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

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### Package name

* filex-app

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

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

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### Websites

* [filex.sh](https://filex.sh "https://filex.sh")
* [docs.filex.sh](https://docs.filex.sh "https://docs.filex.sh")

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### Contact

* [hello@brf.sh](mailto:hello@brf.sh "mailto:hello@brf.sh")

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### Source code

* [github.com/BRF-Tech/filex](https://github.com/BRF-Tech/filex "https://github.com/BRF-Tech/filex")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/BRF-Tech/filex/issues](https://github.com/BRF-Tech/filex/issues "https://github.com/BRF-Tech/filex/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Your filex server's files in a window, with folder sync

**filex desktop** is the filex file explorer in its own window, for files that live on your own filex server (<https://filex.sh>).

* **Sign in through your browser.** Single sign-on, passkeys and MFA work exactly as they do on the web; your password is never typed into the app.
* **Two-way folder sync** in the background, with pause, upload and download speed limits, and a sync window for evenings and nights.
* **Keep files on this computer**, or leave them online and open them when you need them.
* **Several servers side by side**: one rail on the left, and one search (Ctrl+K) across every account.
* **Share** a file or a folder with a link, an optional PIN and an expiry, straight from the right-click menu.
* **Drag files out** of the window into any other app, and open them with the app you choose.
* **Every way in:** the app shows how to reach the same server over WebDAV, S3, SFTP or FTPS, and creates the key for it.

filex is open source (MIT) and runs on your own hardware: <https://github.com/BRF-Tech/filex>. This snap is the desktop client, so you need a filex server to connect to. To try it first, use the live demo at <https://demo.filex.sh> (demo@demo.com / demo).

**Permissions.** The sign-in is kept in your system keyring. Connect that once with:

```
 sudo snap connect filex-app:password-manager-service
```

To sync folders on USB drives and other removable media:

```
 sudo snap connect filex-app:removable-media
```

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## Install filex 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/filex-app/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/filex-app/raspbian)