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title: Install SongBoss on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of SongBoss for Linux - Host karaoke shows with
  rotation, requests and multi-screen playback
url: https://snapcraft.io/songboss
---

# SongBoss

[Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/tuxtasb "View all snaps from Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)")

* [Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/tuxtasb "View all snaps from Steven Tucker (tuxtasb)")
* [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio)

latest/stable 2.5

Install latest/stable of SongBoss

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install songboss
```

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

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### Package name

* songboss

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### License

* LGPL-3.0-only

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### Last updated

* 12 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [song-boss.com](https://song-boss.com "https://song-boss.com")

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### Contact

* [www.facebook.com](https://www.facebook.com/groups/songbossusers "https://www.facebook.com/groups/songbossusers")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/tuxta/songboss](https://gitlab.com/tuxta/songboss "https://gitlab.com/tuxta/songboss")

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### Report a bug

* [lastareas.casa](https://lastareas.casa "https://lastareas.casa")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Host karaoke shows with rotation, requests and multi-screen playback

SongBoss is a karaoke hosting application for KJs (karaoke jockeys). It
manages a rotation of singers, plays karaoke tracks across separate singer,
audience and host screens, and keeps the show moving between songs.

Features:

* Singer rotation with drag-and-drop reordering and per-singer queues
* Separate singer view, crowd/audience view and host control window for
  multi-monitor setups
* Library management for karaoke video and MP3+CDG tracks
* Break music playlists that fill the gaps between singers
* Song requests collected from a request server, with an on-screen QR code
  and ticker
* Per-song key change (pitch shift) using FFmpeg
* Play history and session save/restore
* English and Spanish interface translations

Playback is handled by a bundled copy of libVLC, so no separate media player
installation is required.

SongBoss forces the Qt "xcb" platform plugin because libVLC embeds its video
output into a Qt widget via XEmbed; on a Wayland session it therefore runs
through XWayland.

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## Install SongBoss 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/songboss/arch)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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