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title: Install Shotwell on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Shotwell for on Ubuntu - Digital photo organizer
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/shotwell/ubuntu
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# Install Shotwell on **Ubuntu**

# Shotwell

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* [Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)

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

#### Digital photo organizer

Shotwell is an easy-to-use, fast photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop.
It allows you to import photos from your camera or disk, organize them by date and subject
matter, even ratings. It also offers basic photo editing, like crop, red-eye correction,
color adjustments, and straighten. Shotwell’s non-destructive photo editor does not alter
your master photos, making it easy to experiment and correct errors.

When ready, Shotwell can upload your photos to various web services, such as Flickr,
Google Photos, and more.

Shotwell supports JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and a variety of RAW file formats.

### Package name

* shotwell

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### License

* GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 19 June 2025 - latest/stable
* 11 March 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Contact

* [github.com/ubuntu/shotwell/issues](https://github.com/ubuntu/shotwell/issues "https://github.com/ubuntu/shotwell/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install Shotwell

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 Shotwell

To install Shotwell, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install shotwell
```

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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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