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title: Install SmolLM3 on openSUSE using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of SmolLM3 for on openSUSE - Local AI with SmolLM3
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url: https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/opensuse
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# Install SmolLM3 on **openSUSE**
# SmolLM3
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#### Local AI with SmolLM3 inference snap
SmolLM3 is a compact large language model (LLM) developed by Hugging Face.
It is designed for efficient natural language tasks such as text generation,
summarization, reasoning, and question answering.
Use this snap to quickly install an optimized environment for local inference with SmolLM3.
The snap includes the following hardware-optimized inference engines:
* cpu: Optimized for x64 and ARM (armv8, armv9) CPUs
* intel-gpu: Vulkan-enabled GPU acceleration for Intel GPUs
* nvidia-gpu: CUDA-enabled GPU acceleration
The most suitable engine is automatically selected based on the available hardware.
**Install:**
`sudo snap install smollm3`
**Run:**
`smollm3`
Some accelerators require extra drivers to be usable with this snap:
**License:**
The SmolLM3 model is provided by Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license:
The licenses of all the bundled software can be found after installing the snap at
`/snap/smollm3/current/usr/share/doc`.
### Package name
* smollm3
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### License
* Apache-2.0
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### Last updated
* 9 November 2026 - latest/beta
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### Websites
* [github.com/cgegout-canonical/smollm3-snap](https://github.com/cgegout-canonical/smollm3-snap "https://github.com/cgegout-canonical/smollm3-snap")
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## Enable snaps on openSUSE and install SmolLM3
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 from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.
You need first add the *snappy* repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.
Tumbleweed:
```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
```
Leap 15.x:
```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
```
If needed, Swap out `openSUSE_Leap_15.` for, `openSUSE_Leap_16.0` if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.
With the repository added, import its GPG key:
```
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
```
Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new *snappy* repository:
```
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
```
Snap can now be installed with the following:
```
sudo zypper install snapd
```
You then need to either reboot, logout/login or `source /etc/profile` to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the *snapd* and the *snapd.apparmor* services with the following commands:
```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
```
### Install SmolLM3
To install SmolLM3, simply use the following command:
```
sudo snap install smollm3 --beta
```
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