Install latest/beta of SmolLM3

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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Install using the command line

sudo snap install smollm3 --beta

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SmolLM3 is only available on the unstable beta channel. It could break and change often.

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Details for SmolLM3

Package name

  • smollm3

License

  • Apache-2.0

Last updated

  • 9 November 2026 - latest/beta

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Local AI with SmolLM3 inference snap

SmolLM3 is a compact large language model (LLM) developed by Hugging Face. It is designed for efficient natural language tasks such as text generation, summarization, reasoning, and question answering.

Use this snap to quickly install an optimized environment for local inference with SmolLM3.

The snap includes the following hardware-optimized inference engines:

  • cpu: Optimized for x64 and ARM (armv8, armv9) CPUs
  • intel-gpu: Vulkan-enabled GPU acceleration for Intel GPUs
  • nvidia-gpu: CUDA-enabled GPU acceleration

The most suitable engine is automatically selected based on the available hardware.

Install:

sudo snap install smollm3

Run:

smollm3

Some accelerators require extra drivers to be usable with this snap: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/inference-snaps/how-to/setup/drivers/

License:

The SmolLM3 model is provided by Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license: https://huggingface.co/collections/HuggingFaceTB/smollm3

The licenses of all the bundled software can be found after installing the snap at /snap/smollm3/current/usr/share/doc.

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