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title: Install VirusTotal CLI (UNOFFICIAL) on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of VirusTotal CLI (UNOFFICIAL) for Linux - Do
  everything you'd normally do using VirusTotal's web page with this tool.
url: https://snapcraft.io/vt-cli
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# VirusTotal CLI (UNOFFICIAL) (vt-cli)

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* [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)")
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security)
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 1.3.1+sbe06

Install latest/stable of VirusTotal CLI (UNOFFICIAL)

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install vt-cli
```

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

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### Package name

* vt-cli

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 9 June 2026 - latest/stable
* 9 June 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap](https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap "https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap")

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### Contact

* [gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap](https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap "https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### Do everything you'd normally do using VirusTotal's web page with this tool.

Welcome to the VirusTotal CLI, a tool designed for those who love both VirusTotal and command-line interfaces. With this tool you can do everything you'd normally do using VirusTotal's web page, including:

* Retrieve information about a file, URL, domain name, IP address, etc.
* Search for files and URLs using VirusTotal Intelligence query syntax.
* Download files.
* Manage your LiveHunt YARA rules.
* Launch Retrohunt jobs and get their results.

And much more: <https://virustotal.github.io/vt-cli/doc/vt.html>

**Snap maintainer notice:**

This is NOT an official distribution of the VirusTotal CLI, refer to the snap's own issue tracker for support:

<https://gitlab.com/brlin/vt-cli-snap/-/issues>

The upstream preferred `vt` command is not available by default, you can set it up manually by running the following command in a text terminal:

```
 sudo snap alias vt-cli.vt vt
```

To scan files under storage mounted under the `/media`, `/run/media`, and the `/mnt` directories, you need to connect the snap to the `removable-media` snapd security confinement interface by running the following command in a text terminal:

```
 sudo snap connect vt-cli:removable-media
```

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## Install VirusTotal CLI (UNOFFICIAL) 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/vt-cli/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/vt-cli/raspbian)