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Snapz0r

Snapz0r

by Alfred E. Neumayer

App

Enable Snap support on Ubuntu Touch 20.04

Install

About Snapz0r

ATTENTION: This utility makes changes to your system which may or may not disappear during a system update. Make sure to re-enable the changes once you've updated your system.

This little helper utility enables the use of Snaps on Ubuntu Touch 20.04.

For proper support make sure to ask your device's maintainer to enable the following kernel defconfig switches:

CONFIG_SQUASHFS=y
CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y
CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO=y

Recent Changes

1.6.0:
- Show a warning on unsupported releases

1.5.0:
- Rebase on top of recent master, version "2.65.1+git697.g18a821c"
- Ensure all setup steps are executed properly
- Keep display on during setup
- Mount more apt files into a tmpfs, leaving more free system storage (thanks fuseteam)

1.4.2:
- Remove unconditional HYBRIS_EGLPLATFORM override

1.4.1:
- Disable GL support in GNOME apps (like GNOME Mahjongg)
- Apply so by Re-Installing Support from within Snapz0r

1.4.0:
- Rebase snapd on top of 2.63+git
- Pin custom snapd to be preferred over one without libhybris support
- Bring up Docker installation support
- Set up detection for "Extra Users" support, like for CUPS
- Ability to re-install from the GUI

1.3.1:
- Ship and install libhybris-enabled snapd
- Set up hardware acceleration for confined SDL, GTK & Qt Snaps

1.2.0:
- Snap Store browsing, installation and removal
- Bugfixes

1.0.2:
- Initial Open Store release

Permissions

  • Full System Access

Community Built

This app has been released under the GNU GPL v3 license. It is developed in the open and you can review the source code.

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Info

  • Published Date

    Jul 16, 2023

  • Updated Date

    Sep 2, 2025

  • Current Version

    1.6.0

  • Total Downloads

    9,794

  • Latest Version Downloads

    2,166

  • Supported Architectures

    arm64

  • Translation Languages

    nl

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Reviews

Formosa288

Reviewed Mar 14, 2026 for version 1.6.0

Worked on UT20.04, not no UT24.04, installed Snap via Github/terminal, but X11 is no joy on this vollaphone22, rather go for native apps whenever possible- often, keyboard is missing, and fonts too small. Nice idea, but not working in this environment- rather take Waydroid, if OpenStore is not sufficient.

Lenny Guver

Reviewed Dec 30, 2025 for version 1.6.0

d'ont worj

Mathias

Reviewed Aug 23, 2025 for version 1.5.0 (older version)

does not work on noble

Ryan Daniels

Reviewed Jul 20, 2025 for version 1.5.0 (older version)

Easy to setup and start using!

Jin

Reviewed Mar 23, 2025 for version 1.5.0 (older version)

他在我的红米9上运行的很好

Thomas Castleman

Reviewed Sep 7, 2024 for version 1.5.0 (older version)

Works for me, for the most part. PineTab 2. Found snaps using classic confinement will just fail. The app won't go back and retry for classic, or detect that classic is needed. Small bug but causes some issues for certain important apps.

Lukas Thorwald Hey

Reviewed Jul 1, 2024 for version 1.4.2 (older version)

Works great on FP4 with 20.04 DEV. Yuki: Stable/RC is missing important kernel features!

Faisal Shahzad

Reviewed Jun 28, 2024 for version 1.4.0 (older version)

Works perfectly on Redmi Note 9 Pro using 20.04 dev channel.

orcustus

Reviewed Jun 25, 2024 for version 1.4.0 (older version)

Has me put in my password. I press the button to enable kernel support. It spins for a few seconds, restarts my phone, and goes back to the add kernel support button. It doesn't load anything other than that. OnePlus 6T

Angonikro

Reviewed Jun 6, 2024 for version 1.4.0 (older version)

Work for me. Xiaomi Note 9 pro UT 20.04 Dev