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title: Install SmolLM3 on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of SmolLM3 for Linux - Local AI with SmolLM3 inference
  snap
url: https://snapcraft.io/smollm3
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# SmolLM3

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latest/beta 2.0.0-beta.18+3b5e2f2

Install latest/beta of SmolLM3

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install smollm3 --beta
```

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

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

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### Package name

* smollm3

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 9 November 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [github.com/cgegout-canonical/smollm3-snap](https://github.com/cgegout-canonical/smollm3-snap "https://github.com/cgegout-canonical/smollm3-snap")

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/smollm3#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/smollm3#tab-security)

#### 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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## Install SmolLM3 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/smollm3/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/smollm3/ubuntu)