--- title: Install BIShare on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of BIShare for on Ubuntu - Send large files to any device — free, encrypted, no account url: https://snapcraft.io/install/bishare/ubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install BIShare on **Ubuntu** # BIShare [BIShare (cakr4)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/cakr4 "View all snaps from BIShare (cakr4)") * [BIShare (cakr4)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/cakr4 "View all snaps from BIShare (cakr4)") * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/bishare/ubuntu#install) #### Send large files to any device — free, encrypted, no account Send large files to a phone, another computer, or someone else entirely. BIShare is free, needs no account, and encrypts everything end to end. Two ways to send, one app: **On the same Wi-Fi** devices find each other by themselves and transfer at local network speed, with nothing uploaded anywhere. Photos and videos arrive as the original file: full resolution, metadata intact, no recompression. **Anywhere else** you get a link or a six-character code. The other person opens it in any browser, on any device, with nothing to install and no account to make. Up to 100 GB per transfer. Links expire after 24 hours, or after a single download if you choose. What you can send: * Photos and videos, as the original file * Documents, PDFs, archives, any file type * A whole folder, sent as a single archive * Text and clipboard content between your own devices Privacy by default: * End-to-end encryption on every transfer (X25519 + AES-256-GCM) * Files are encrypted before upload; the key stays in the link and never reaches the relay * Local transfers never leave your network * No account, no sign-up, no tracking More: * Transfer rooms: several people share into one code, in a meeting or a class * An interrupted transfer resumes instead of starting over * QR Beam: with no network at all, one screen plays animated QR codes and another device's camera reads them * Works with Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows, in any direction * Free and open source under the MIT licence ### Package name * bishare --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 29 October 2026 - latest/stable * 29 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [bishare.app](https://bishare.app/ "https://bishare.app/") --- ### Contact * [bishare.app](https://bishare.app/contact "https://bishare.app/contact") --- ### Source code * [github.com/BIShare-project/bishare-flutter](https://github.com/BIShare-project/bishare-flutter "https://github.com/BIShare-project/bishare-flutter") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/BIShare-project/bishare-flutter/issues](https://github.com/BIShare-project/bishare-flutter/issues "https://github.com/BIShare-project/bishare-flutter/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/bishare/ubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install BIShare Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*. Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install BIShare To install BIShare, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install bishare ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/bishare/ubuntu) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. 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