--- title: Install Paratext Lite on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Paratext Lite for on elementary OS - Paratext Lite running on the desktop url: https://snapcraft.io/install/paratextlite/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Paratext Lite on **elementary OS** # Paratext Lite (paratextlite) [Tom Hindle (hindlemail)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/hindlemail "View all snaps from Tom Hindle (hindlemail)") * [Tom Hindle (hindlemail)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/hindlemail "View all snaps from Tom Hindle (hindlemail)") * [Education](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=education) * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/paratextlite/elementary#install) #### Paratext Lite running on the desktop **NOTE**: This app is intended to be used in conjunction with Paratext and requires a Paratext registration code. **Key features**: * **Compatibility**: Paratext Lite is compatible with all current versions of Paratext 8 and 9. * **Portable and low power**: Paratext Lite allows users of Paratext 8 and 9 to read and edit their project data on an Android tablet, phone, or Linux or MacOS computer. This is useful for comprehension checking and for simple editing comparable to what can be done in Paratext's Basic view. * **Projects and resources** can be installed on the device. * **Editing** is supported for existing projects only. By default markers cannot be inserted, so only verses and footnotes which already exist can be edited. For more advanced users, marker inserting and editing can be enabled. * **Notes** can be browsed, created, assigned, replied to, and resolved. * **Send/Receive** is supported via wifi internet connection. The full project data is synced, but Paratext Lite can only display the text and the notes. Some tablet models are able to Send/Receive to a USB drive or SD card; others are not. Projects can also be synced between devices by way of Wifi-Direct, this does not require an internet connection. Local network Send / Receive with Chorus Hub is not supported. * **Points in project history** can be created and viewed in a list, but their content cannot, and different points in history cannot be compared. * **Multiple panes** allow up to four panes of content to be open at a time. Panes can be temporarily collapsed to make better use of limited screen space. Additionally 3 workspaces allow up to 12 panes of content. * Text collections, Word lists and Biblical terms. * Display mode can be toggled between showing up to four panes at once or up to two panes at once (swipe left or right to switch columns). * **Sync scrolling**: By default, all text panes shown on screen scroll together when you tap in a verse. * **Searching**: "Find" + "Replace" are supported; * **Consultant Notes** * **Parallel passages** * **MyTasks**: Interact with project plans. * **Basic Checks** * **Source Language Tools** * **Dictionaries** * **Interlinear creation** * **Back translation status Annotations** * **Text Inventories** * **Graphite support**: (Linux + MacOS only) * **Open type font features** * **Limitations**: Some other features are only available when running full Paratext. Paratext Lite is developed with the Linux Bible Translation community in mind. Representatives from this community meet regularly with a development team member to prioritise development and to forward community recommendations about the priorities of fixing bugs and nuisances. **Android** Paratext Lite for Android can be found here: **MacOS** Paratext Lite for Apple Computers can be found here: ### Package name * paratextlite --- ### License * unset --- ### Last updated * 11 September 2026 - latest/stable * Yesterday - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [www.sil.org](https://www.sil.org/ "https://www.sil.org/") --- ### Contact * [dawson\_tennant@sil.org](mailto:dawson_tennant@sil.org "mailto:dawson_tennant@sil.org") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/paratextlite/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Paratext Lite 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 Paratext Lite To install Paratext Lite, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install paratextlite ``` ### 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/paratextlite/elementary) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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