Read this article in español, 日本語, français, Deutsch.
Vivaldi has always had official rpm and deb unlike many competitors, and Vivaldi was one of the first Linux browsers to actively support Linux on ARM. Adding support for Snap shows our continuing and expanding commitment to Linux.
Why Snap?
Linux has always been a diverse ecosystem, with numerous distributions catering to different needs, preferences, and use cases. However, this diversity often comes with the challenge of ensuring software compatibility and ease of installation across various distros. This is where Snap comes in.
Snap is a universal packaging format designed to work across multiple Linux distributions, making it easier for users to install and update applications without worrying about distribution-specific packages. This way, we can ensure that Vivaldi is accessible to a wider audience, no matter what flavor of Linux you’re running.
The Vivaldi Experience on Snap
With Vivaldi for Snap, you can expect the same feature-rich, privacy-focused experience that Vivaldi is known for. This packaging format ensures that Vivaldi runs in a sandboxed environment, providing an extra layer of security and consistency across different distributions.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
- Powerful and Personal: Vivaldi is built with powerful features and customization at its core. From the moment you install Vivaldi via Snap, you can enjoy our extensive array of customization options, powerful tab management, tracker blocker and ad blocker and built-in services like the Vivaldi Mail client and Calendar, all designed to help you browse your way.
- Seamless Updates: With Snap, updates are streamlined and automatically handled by the package managers. This means you’ll always have the latest version of Vivaldi with all the newest features, improvements, and security patches, without needing to manually update your browser.
- Cross-Distribution Compatibility: Whether you’re on Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, or any other distribution that supports Snap, Vivaldi is ready for you. Whichever the distro for you, installation and updating will be smoother than ever before.
A Note to Our Community
We’re incredibly grateful for the support and feedback from our passionate Linux community. Your input has been invaluable in helping us refine Vivaldi, ensuring it meets the needs of power users and casual browsers alike. By offering Vivaldi on Snap, we hope to make it even easier for you to access and enjoy the features you love.
We’re committed to continuous improvement and will keep working to enhance Vivaldi’s performance, security, and feature set on all platforms. We can’t wait to see how you’ll use Vivaldi in your daily browsing, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on this new packaging option.
We continue to actively investigate and experiment with Flatpak, including making numerous changes to ease integration with this installation format. We are not ready yet but we hope to have an official package in the future.
Thank you for choosing Vivaldi. Together, we’re fighting for a better web.
