---
title: Install NearShare on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of NearShare for Linux - Share files with nearby
  Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux devices
url: https://snapcraft.io/nearshare
---

# NearShare

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* [Dhiva-Labs (dhivakar1010)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/dhivakar1010 "View all snaps from Dhiva-Labs (dhivakar1010)")

latest/stable 1.0.9

Install latest/stable of NearShare

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install nearshare
```

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

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### Package name

* nearshare

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 6 August 2026 - latest/stable

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Share files with nearby Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux devices

NearShare speaks Google's Quick Share / Nearby Share wire protocol
directly, so it interoperates with:

* Android Quick Share
* Windows Quick Share
* macOS NearDrop
* itself, Linux <-> Linux

No cables, no cloud account, and no companion app on the phone -- just a
shared WiFi network (or NearShare's own experimental Direct-mode
hotspot) and a 4-digit PIN you confirm on both screens.

Discovery uses mDNS (python-zeroconf, which binds its own multicast
sockets rather than talking to Avahi) plus an optional Bluetooth LE
"wake up" beacon so an Android phone's share sheet notices this machine
proactively. Every transfer is end-to-end encrypted (UKEY2 key
exchange, then AES-256-CBC + HMAC-SHA256 per frame) and requires a
manual PIN confirmation on both devices -- there is no persistent
cross-device trust (no Google-account "paired key" support).

AFTER INSTALLING -- two commands

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Bluetooth discovery and Direct mode need interfaces that snapd does
not connect automatically. Run both, then start the app:

sudo snap connect nearshare:bluez
sudo snap connect nearshare:network-manager

Without bluez the app still works, but your phone may only see this
machine while the phone's own Quick Share screen is open. Without
network-manager, Direct mode (the built-in hotspot for when there is
no shared WiFi) is unavailable. Everything else -- discovery,
sending, receiving -- works with no extra setup.

Optional: a Super+Shift+S shortcut to toggle visibility can be bound
from the app's own setup panel, or with `nearshare install`.

Right-click "Send with NearShare" in Files

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Not available in the snap. Strict confinement forbids writing to
~/.local/share/nautilus, so no snap can install a Files extension.
If you want right-click sharing, install the Debian package instead:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhiva-labs/apps
sudo apt install nearshare

The .deb ships a system-wide Files extension and needs no per-user
setup. Both builds are the same application otherwise.

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## Install NearShare 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/nearshare/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/nearshare/ubuntu)