--- title: Install OnionShare on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of OnionShare for on CentOS - With OnionShare you can securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using Tor url: https://snapcraft.io/install/onionshare/centos --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install OnionShare on **CentOS** # OnionShare [Micah Lee (micahflee)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/micahflee "View all snaps from Micah Lee (micahflee)") * [Micah Lee (micahflee)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/micahflee "View all snaps from Micah Lee (micahflee)") * [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security) * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/onionshare/centos#install) #### With OnionShare you can securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using Tor OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. It works like this: OnionShare starts a web server directly on your computer and then makes it accessible to other people as a Tor onion service, protected with a random password. A typical OnionShare address looks like this: `http://onionshare:constrict-purity@by4im3ir5nsvygprmjq74xwplrkdgt44qmeapxawwikxacmr3dqzyjad.onion` You’re responsible for securely sharing that URL using a communication channel of your choice like in an encrypted chat message, or using something less secure like unencrypted e-mail, depending on your threat model. The people you send the URL to then copy and paste it into their Tor Browser to access the OnionShare service. If you run OnionShare on your laptop to send someone files, and then suspend it before the files are sent, the service will not be available until your laptop is unsuspended and on the Internet again. OnionShare works best when working with people in real-time. Because your own computer is the web server, no third party can access anything that happens in OnionShare, not even the developers of OnionShare. It’s completely private. And because OnionShare is based on Tor onion services too, it also protects your anonymity. ### Package name * onionshare --- ### License * GPL-3.0+ --- ### Last updated * 16 October 2026 - latest/stable * 16 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [onionshare.org](https://onionshare.org "https://onionshare.org") --- ### Contact * [micah@micahflee.com](mailto:micah@micahflee.com "mailto:micah@micahflee.com") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/onionshare/centos#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on CentOS and install OnionShare 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 is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/onionshare/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command: ``` sudo yum install epel-release ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install OnionShare To install OnionShare, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install onionshare ``` ### 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? 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