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title: Install Lightning on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Lightning for Linux - Native Matrix desktop
  client
url: https://snapcraft.io/lightning-matrix
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# Lightning (lightning-matrix)

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latest/edge 0.10.2

Install latest/edge of Lightning

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install lightning-matrix --edge
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

Lightning is only available on the unstable edge channel. It could break and change often.

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### Package name

* lightning-matrix

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### License

* GPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 11 November 2026 - latest/edge

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/lightning-matrix#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/lightning-matrix#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/lightning-matrix#tab-security)

#### Native Matrix desktop client

Lightning is a desktop messenger for Matrix, the open network for secure,
decentralised communication. It is written in C++ and Qt 6 and uses the
official Matrix Rust SDK for networking and end-to-end encryption.

Features include several accounts at once, Spaces, rooms and threads,
end-to-end encrypted rooms with device verification and key backup, a local
search index that never leaves the computer, and group voice calls and
screen sharing built on GStreamer.

Hardware graphics come from the mesa-2604 content snap. If it is not
connected automatically, run:

sudo snap install mesa-2604
sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:gpu-2604 mesa-2604:gpu-2604

Calls also need the microphone and camera interfaces:

sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:audio-record
sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:camera

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## Install Lightning on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/lightning-matrix/raspbian)