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title: Install rclip on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of rclip for on Ubuntu - Semantic photo search
  for the command line
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/rclip/ubuntu
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# Install rclip on **Ubuntu**

# rclip

[Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/yurijmikhalevich "View all snaps from Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)")

* [Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/yurijmikhalevich "View all snaps from Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/rclip/ubuntu#install)

#### Semantic photo search for the command line

**rclip** is a command-line semantic photo search tool powered by OpenCLIP's top-performing ViT-B/32 model. Search a local photo library with natural-language queries, similar image search, or mixed text and image queries directly from the terminal. It builds on the CLIP architecture introduced by OpenAI.

Usage: `cd photos && rclip "search query"`

The first time you run **rclip** in a directory, it extracts features from your images to build the search index. How long this takes depends on your CPU and the number of images you search. It took about a day to process 73,000 photos on a NAS with an old Intel Celeron J3455.

For a detailed demonstration, watch the video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJHXOkHidw>.

You can also use an image as the query by passing a file path or image URL. You can also combine and subtract image and text queries. Check out the project's README on GitHub for more usage examples: <https://github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip#readme>.

### Package name

* rclip

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 2 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 2 August 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip](https://github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip "https://github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip")

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### Contact

* [yurij@mikhalevi.ch](mailto:yurij@mikhalevi.ch "mailto:yurij@mikhalevi.ch")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install rclip

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 rclip

To install rclip, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install rclip
```

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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)

Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now.

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