Install latest/stable of Lens for GNOME
Ubuntu 16.04 or later?
Make sure snap support is enabled in your Desktop store.
Install using the command line
sudo snap install lens-for-gnomeDon't have snapd? Get set up for snaps.
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Lens for GNOME is an AI powered local-first desktop search engine.
It indexes local files, extracts searchable text, watches folders for changes, runs local embeddings, supports OCR, syncs mail, and can use local GGUF language models through llama.cpp (such as those from HuggingFace).
The goal is simple: fast, private desktop search that helps you find information inside your files without sending your documents to a remote service. Lens for GNOME is local-first.
It can:
Requires Gnome Extension to be Installed: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10337/lens/
Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the installing snapd documentation.
