WebThings Gateway

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Install latest/stable of WebThings Gateway

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

Make sure snap support is enabled in your Desktop store.


Install using the command line

sudo snap install webthings-gateway

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Details for WebThings Gateway

License

  • MPL-2.0

Last updated

  • 18 December 2025 - latest/stable
  • 20 December 2025 - latest/edge

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Installation

On Ubuntu Server/Ubuntu Desktop:

$ sudo snap install webthings-gateway
$ sudo snap connect webthings-gateway:system-observe
$ sudo snap connect webthings-gateway:hardware-observe
$ sudo snap connect webthings-gateway:network-manager
$ sudo snap set system experimental.hotplug=true
$ sudo snap restart webthings-gateway

On Ubuntu Core

$ snap install webthings-gateway
$ snap connect webthings-gateway:system-observe
$ snap install network-manager
$ snap connect webthings-gateway:network-manager network-manager:service
$ snap set system experimental.hotplug=true
$ snap restart webthings-gateway


Currently untested on other host operating systems.


Install WebThings Gateway 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.


Where people are using WebThings Gateway

Users by distribution (log)

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 25.10