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title: Install hwctl on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of hwctl for Linux - Canonical Certified Hardware
  API Client
url: https://snapcraft.io/hwctl
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# hwctl

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latest/stable 0.11.1

Install latest/stable of hwctl

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install hwctl
```

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

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### Package name

* hwctl

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### License

* GPL-3.0-only

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### Last updated

* 1 October 2026 - latest/stable
* Today - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [github.com/canonical/hardware-api](https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api "https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api")
* [canonical.github.io](https://canonical.github.io/hardware-api "https://canonical.github.io/hardware-api")
* [hw.ubuntu.com](https://hw.ubuntu.com "https://hw.ubuntu.com")

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### Contact

* [github.com/canonical/hardware-api/issues](https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api/issues "https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/canonical/hardware-api/tree/main/client](https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api/tree/main/client "https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api/tree/main/client")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/canonical/hardware-api/issues](https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api/issues "https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Canonical Certified Hardware API Client

`hwctl` is a `hwlib` backed CLI tool for collecting and sending hardware
information to a Hardware API server to find certification status of device models.

The production deployment of the Hardware API server is available at
<https://hw.ubuntu.com>.

You can view the Hardware API OpenAPI schema at
<https://canonical.github.io/hardware-api/>.

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## Install hwctl 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/hwctl/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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