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title: Install rclip on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of rclip for Linux - Semantic photo search for
  the command line
url: https://snapcraft.io/rclip
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# rclip

[Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/yurijmikhalevich "View all snaps from Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)")

* [Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/yurijmikhalevich "View all snaps from Yurij Mikhalevich (yurijmikhalevich)")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 3.3.0

Install latest/stable of rclip

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install rclip
```

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

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### Package name

* rclip

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 2 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 2 August 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip](https://github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip "https://github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip")

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### Contact

* [yurij@mikhalevi.ch](mailto:yurij@mikhalevi.ch "mailto:yurij@mikhalevi.ch")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Semantic photo search for the command line

**rclip** is a command-line semantic photo search tool powered by OpenCLIP's top-performing ViT-B/32 model. Search a local photo library with natural-language queries, similar image search, or mixed text and image queries directly from the terminal. It builds on the CLIP architecture introduced by OpenAI.

Usage: `cd photos && rclip "search query"`

The first time you run **rclip** in a directory, it extracts features from your images to build the search index. How long this takes depends on your CPU and the number of images you search. It took about a day to process 73,000 photos on a NAS with an old Intel Celeron J3455.

For a detailed demonstration, watch the video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJHXOkHidw>.

You can also use an image as the query by passing a file path or image URL. You can also combine and subtract image and text queries. Check out the project's README on GitHub for more usage examples: <https://github.com/yurijmikhalevich/rclip#readme>.

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## Install rclip 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/rclip/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/rclip/raspbian)