---
title: Install Hanko on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Hanko for Linux - Passkey-first authentication
  server, an open-source Auth0 alternative
url: https://snapcraft.io/hanko
---

# Hanko

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* [Sid-Ali Teir (sidaliteir)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/sidaliteir "View all snaps from Sid-Ali Teir (sidaliteir)")
* [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security)

latest/stable 3.1.0

Install latest/stable of Hanko

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install hanko
```

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

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### Package name

* hanko

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### License

* AGPL-3.0-only

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### Last updated

* 3 November 2026 - latest/stable
* 3 November 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Websites

* [www.hanko.io](https://www.hanko.io "https://www.hanko.io")

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### Contact

* [github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap/issues](https://github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap/issues "https://github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/teamhanko/hanko](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko "https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko")
* [github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap](https://github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap "https://github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/teamhanko/hanko/issues](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/issues "https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/issues")
* [github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap/issues](https://github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap/issues "https://github.com/sidalit/hanko-snap/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Passkey-first authentication server, an open-source Auth0 alternative

Hanko is an authentication and user management server. It provides
passkeys, passwords, email passcodes, multi-factor authentication,
OAuth and SAML single sign-on, sessions and JWT issuing through a
public API, plus an admin API for user management. Pair it with the
Hanko Elements web components or your own frontend.

Hanko stores its data in an external PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB or
CockroachDB database; no database is bundled.

**Examples**

```
sudo hanko migrate up
sudo hanko serve all
sudo hanko user import users.json
sudo hanko config show
hanko version
```

The commands read /var/snap/hanko/common/config.yaml, which holds the
generated encryption key and is readable by root only. Use --config to
pick another file.

**Background service**

The service is installed disabled. It applies database migrations and
runs the public API on 127.0.0.1:8000 and the admin API on
127.0.0.1:8001. Point it at a database and start it:

```
sudo snap set hanko database-url='postgres://hanko:secret@db.example.com:5432/hanko?sslmode=require'
sudo snap start --enable hanko.daemon
```

WebAuthn origins, CORS, SMTP and the other settings are in
/var/snap/hanko/common/config.yaml; restart the service after editing:

```
sudo snap restart hanko.daemon
```

The admin and optional multi-tenant management APIs have no authentication.
Keep them on localhost or behind an access-controlled proxy.

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## Install Hanko 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/hanko/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/hanko/raspbian)