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title: Install freecad-realthunder on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of freecad-realthunder for Linux - A development
  branch of FreeCAD featuring enhanced UI, Rendering, and more
url: https://snapcraft.io/freecad-realthunder
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# freecad-realthunder

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latest/stable 2024-10-03-g5a84e3db

Install latest/stable of freecad-realthunder

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 freecad-realthunder
```

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

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### Package name

* freecad-realthunder

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### License

* LGPL-2.1-or-later

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### Last updated

* 3 October 2024 - latest/stable
* 20 October 2025 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [www.patreon.com](https://www.patreon.com/thundereal "https://www.patreon.com/thundereal")

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### Contact

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

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### A development branch of FreeCAD featuring enhanced UI, Rendering, and more

FreeCAD is a multi plaform parametric 3D modeler. The *FreeCAD Link Branch* is a fork of FreeCAD maintained by developer RealThunder. The branch featured numerous enhancments to the upstream FreeCAD in various aspects, most notably the user interface, rendering, and a working solution to the notorious Topological Naming problem.

**Channels**

There are two maintained channels for this snap:

* **stable** is based on upstream FreeCAD 0.19 release, along with various new features (but no rendering enhancement) developed before 0.19 got released. This channel will contains mostly bug fixes, and minor new features.
* **edge** is where all the exciting new features got released. It contains the latest commit from the *FreeCAD Link Branch* (<https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD>). Unlike the convention, here, the user is encouraged to try the **edge** release, to help improve all new features so that they can one day land in upstream FreeCAD.

**Apps/Commands**

There are multiple apps/commands included in the snap:

* **freecad-realthunder**: Run FreeCAD
* **freecad-realthunder.cmd**: Run FreeCAD command line interface
* **freecad-realthunder.pip**: Install python packages for user (not system-wide). E.g. freecad-ppd.pip install py\_slvs for Assembly3.

This is an unofficial package. Please report issues at <https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/issues>

If you are looking for upstream FreeCAD snap image, the official release is at <https://snapcraft.io/freecad>

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## Install freecad-realthunder 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/freecad-realthunder/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/freecad-realthunder/ubuntu)