--- title: Install matrix-commander-gael on Linux | Snap Store description: Get the latest version of matrix-commander-gael for Linux - Simple but convenient CLI-based Matrix client app url: https://snapcraft.io/matrix-commander-gael --- # matrix-commander-gael [Gael LeGoff (gael-legoff)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/gael-legoff "View all snaps from Gael LeGoff (gael-legoff)") * [Gael LeGoff (gael-legoff)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/gael-legoff "View all snaps from Gael LeGoff (gael-legoff)") * [Devices and IoT](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=devices-and-iot) * [Server and Cloud](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=server-and-cloud) latest/stable v8.0.5-20260912 Contact us about [Snaps and IoT ›](https://snapcraft.io/about/contact-us) Install latest/stable of matrix-commander-gael --- **Install using the command line** ``` sudo snap install matrix-commander-gael ``` Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd). --- ### Package name * matrix-commander-gael --- ### License * GPL-3.0+ --- ### Last updated * 12 September 2026 - latest/stable * 12 September 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Contact * [github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael/issues](https://github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael/issues "https://github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael/issues") --- ### Source code * [github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael](https://github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael "https://github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael/issues](https://github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael/issues "https://github.com/gael-legoff/matrix-commander-gael/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/matrix-commander-gael#report-snap-modal) --- * [Description](https://snapcraft.io/matrix-commander-gael#tab-description) * [Security](https://snapcraft.io/matrix-commander-gael#tab-security) #### Simple but convenient CLI-based Matrix client app *This is NOT an original piece of work, just a snap of matrix-commander* This program is a simple but convenient app to send and receive Matrix messages from the CLI in various different ways. Use cases for this program could be * a bot or part of a bot, * to send alerts, * combine it with cron to publish periodic data, * send yourself daily/weekly reminders via a cron job * send yourself a daily song from your music collection * a trivial way to fire off some instant messages from the command line * to automate sending via programs and scripts * a "blogger" who frequently sends messages and images to the same room(s) could use it * a person could write a diary or run a gratitutde journal by sending messages to her/his own room * as educational material that showcases the use of the matrix-nio SDK **Create an alias for ease of use (optional)** `sudo snap alias matrix-commander-gael.matrix-commander matrix-commander` **First-time users** Read **2026-09-12** * New build to resolve USN-8744-1 **2026-07-08** * New build to resolve USN-8509-1 **2026-03-11** * New build to resolve USN-8018-2 **2026-02-07** * New build to resolve CVE-2025-11468/CVE-2025-12084/USN-8018-1 **2026-01-13** * New build to resolve CVE-2025-13836/USN-7951-1 **2025-11-25** * New build to resolve CVE-2025-6075/CVE-2025-8291/USN-7886-1 **2025-09-24** * Improvements, up to v8.0.5 * New build to resolve CVE-2023-45803/CVE-2024-3651/CVE-2024-47081/USN-7762-1 **2025-08-24** * New build to resolve CVE-2025-6069/CVE-2025-8194/USN-7710-1 **2025-06-30** * New build to resolve CVE-2025-50181/USN-7599-2 **2025-06-20** * New build to resolve CVE-2025-4517/CVE-2025-4435/CVE-2025-4330/CVE-2025-4138/CVE-2024-12718/USN-7583-1 **2025-03-12** * New build to resolve CVE-2024-9287/CVE-2024-12254/CVE-2025-0938/USN-7116-1/USN-7219-1/USN-7280-1 **2024-09-17** * New build to resolve CVE-2024-6923/CVE-2024-6232/CVE-2024-8088/CVE-2023-27043/CVE-2024-7592/USN-7015-1 **2024-09-14** * New build to resolve CVE-2024-6345/USN-7002-1 **2024-09-04** * Improvements, up to v7.7.0 * Added new feature: --verify manual does a one-way setting of trust * Added new feature: --verify emojireq initiates an emoji verification (instead of waiting for one) **2024-05-08** * Improvements, up to v7.6.2 * Using core24 to update the Python runtime * Targeting Python v3.12 following **2024-03-31** * Improvements, up to v7.6.0 * Added feature "time" to --download-media-name * Added new feature: --room-dm-create-allow-duplicates * Added new feature: --joined-dm-rooms to list all joined DM rooms of current user **2023-10-11** * Improvements, up to v7.3.1 * New feature --download-media-name SOURCE|CLEAN|EVENTID **2023-09-13** * New build to resolve CVE-2022-48554/USN-6359-1 **2023-06-06** * Improvements, up to v7.2.0 * Enhancement: feature --room-invites is now also available without --listen * New build to resolve CVE-2023-24329/USN-6139-1 **2023-04-19** * Improvements, up to v7.1.0 * New feature --room-invites LIST|JOIN|LIST+JOIN **2023-04-12** * Improvements, up to v7.0.0 * Support for emojize **2023-04-04** * Improvements, up to v6.0.2 * Fix for error when providing wrong password at login **2023-03-18** * New build to resolve CVE-2023-24329/USN-5960-1 * Dependencies cleanup **2023-03-17** * New build to resolve CVE-2023-24329/USN-5960-1 **2023-03-01** * New build to resolve CVE-2022-40898/USN-5821-3 **2023-01-24** * New build to resolve CVE-2022-40897/USN-5817-1 **2022-12-28** * New build to switch to core22 as most of the users are on Ubuntu 22.04 * Improvements, up to v6.0.1 * Fix for opening web browser for SSO **2022-12-09** * New build to resolve CVE-2022-37454/CVE-2022-45061/USN-5767-1 --- ## Install matrix-commander-gael 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/matrix-commander-gael/arch) [### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/centos) [### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/debian) [### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/elementary) [### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/fedora) [### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/kde-neon) [### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/kubuntu) [### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/manjaro) [### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/pop) [### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/opensuse) [### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/rhel) [### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/ubuntu) [### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/matrix-commander-gael/raspbian)