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title: Install Session Desktop on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Session Desktop for Linux - Session Desktop
url: https://snapcraft.io/session-desktop
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# Session Desktop

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latest/stable 1.18.1

Install latest/stable of Session Desktop

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install session-desktop
```

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

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### Package name

* session-desktop

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 27 July 2026 - latest/stable
* 23 July 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/popey/session-desktop-snap](https://github.com/popey/session-desktop-snap "https://github.com/popey/session-desktop-snap")

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### Contact

* [alan@popey.com](mailto:alan@popey.com "mailto:alan@popey.com")

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

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

#### Session Desktop

Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

Session integrates directly with [Oxen Service Nodes](<https://docs.oxen.io/about-the-oxen-blockchain/oxen-service-nodes>), which are a set of distributed, decentralized and Sybil resistant nodes. Service Nodes act as servers which store messages offline, and a set of nodes which allow for onion routing functionality obfuscating users IP Addresses. For a full understanding of how Session works, read the [Session Whitepaper](<https://getsession.org/whitepaper>).

This is an unofficial build of Session Desktop. However, the package is unmodified from upstream, and is simply a re-pack of the official builds. The snapcraft configuration for this can be found at <https://github.com/popey/session-desktop-snap>

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## Install Session Desktop 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/session-desktop/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/session-desktop/ubuntu)