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title: Install nerva on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of nerva for on elementary OS - The focus workspace
  that never forgets
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/nerva/elementary
---

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# Install nerva on **elementary OS**

# nerva

[Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/piyushptiwari "View all snaps from Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)")

* [Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/piyushptiwari "View all snaps from Piyush Paras Tiwari (piyushptiwari)")
* [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity)

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/nerva/elementary#install)

#### The focus workspace that never forgets

Nerva is a native desktop focus workspace built for deep work. Parallel
timers that survive sleep and reboot, sticky markdown notes that float
above any window, a year-long habit heatmap, and tasks with priority and
due times. Offline-first. No telemetry. No account.

The six things Nerva does properly:

* Parallel focus timers - wall-clock math. Survives sleep, suspend, reboot.
* Sticky markdown notes - pop out a note; it floats above any window.
  Autosaves every 250 ms.
* Habit heatmap - 4-state daily toggle, streaks, full-year contribution grid.
* Tasks with pop-out - priority + due time, dockable or floating widget.
* Command palette - Ctrl+Space to jump anywhere. Global shortcuts.
* Crash-safe local store - event-sourced SQLite. Append-only log.
  Replay-on-launch recovery.

Native Rust core, ~80 MB RAM idle. Not Electron. Open source (Apache-2.0).

### Package name

* nerva

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 3 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [nerva.bytical.ai](https://nerva.bytical.ai "https://nerva.bytical.ai")

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### Contact

* [piyush@bytical.ai](mailto:piyush@bytical.ai "mailto:piyush@bytical.ai")

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### Source code

* [github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva](https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva "https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva/issues](https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva/issues "https://github.com/piyushptiwari1/nerva/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install nerva

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

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
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 nerva

To install nerva, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install nerva
```

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### 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)

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