Signal Desktop

Private messenger

Internet & Communication

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About

To use the Signal desktop app, Signal must first be installed on your phone. Millions of people use Signal every day for free and instantaneous communication anywhere in the world. Send and receive high-fidelity messages, participate in HD voice/video calls, and explore a growing set of new features that help you stay connected. Signal’s advanced privacy-preserving technology is always enabled, so you can focus on sharing the moments that matter with the people who matter to you. Signal is an independent 501c3 nonprofit. The complete source code for the Signal clients and the Signal server is available on GitHub. This flatpak is maintained by the Flathub community, and is not necessarily endorsed or officially maintained by the upstream developers.

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Project

Developer: Signal Foundation
Publisher: Snapcrafters
License: AGPL-3.0-only (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: signal.org
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Install

Available via: Flatpak · Snap (2) · Arch Linux (5) · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs · Other
All 13 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), AUR (Beta · Desktop build), AUR (Beta · Bin · Desktop build), AUR (Git · Desktop build), AUR (System-electron build), Arch Linux (Desktop build), Nixpkgs, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo (Bin build), Vendor apt repository
Flatpak sandbox: Some access
Runs in a sandbox, with access to some of your files or devices.
What it can access
Can access all devices, including cameras and USB
Can read passwords stored in your keyring
Uses the internet
Plays and records audio

About this data

Sources: Sources disagree on the name: signaldesktop / signalSources disagree on the license
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (14)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	Signal Desktop	8.30.0	—	AGPL-3.0-only	Private messenger
Snap Store	Signal Desktop	8.30.0	—	AGPL-3.0-only	Speak Freely - Private Messenger
Snap Store (Candidate build)	Signal Desktop	8.30.0	—	AGPL-3.0-only	Speak Freely - Private Messenger
AUR (Beta · Desktop build)	signal-desktop-beta	8.31.0beta1-1	Community build, patched	GPL3	Signal Private Messenger for Linux - Beta version.
AUR (Beta · Bin · Desktop build)	signal-desktop-beta-bin	8.31.0beta.1-1	Community repack	GPL3	Private messaging from your desktop
AUR (Git · Desktop build)	signal-desktop-git	7.89.0.alpha.1.r23.g753766e4de-1	Community build, patched	AGPL-3.0-only	Signal Private Messenger for Linux
AUR (System-electron build)	signal-desktop-system-electron	8.18.0-2	Community build, patched	AGPL-3.0-only	Signal Private Messenger for Linux (uses system Electron)
Arch Linux (Desktop build)	signal-desktop	8.30.0-1	Distribution build	AGPL-3.0-only	Signal Private Messenger for Linux
Nixpkgs	signal	1.4.8	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Signal processing tools, including filtering, windowing and display functions
Nixpkgs	signal-desktop	8.29.0	Distribution build	AGPL-3.0-only AND Unspecified free software license	Private, simple, and secure messenger
Void Linux	Signal-Desktop	8.30.0_1	Distribution build	AGPL-3.0-only	Signal Private Messenger for Linux
Solus	signal-desktop	7.73.0	Distribution build	AGPL-3.0-or-later	A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Gentoo (Bin build)	signal-desktop-bin	8.28.0	Official build	AGPL-3.0-only AND Apache-2.0 AND Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause AND Base64 AND BSL-1.0 AND CC-BY-3.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 AND Clear-BSD AND FFT2D AND FTL AND IJG AND ISC AND LGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only AND MIT AND MPL-1.1 AND MPL-2.0 AND MS-PL AND PSF-2.0 AND SGI-B-2.0 AND SSLeay AND SunSoft AND Unicode-3.0 AND Unicode-DFS-2015 AND Unlicense AND NCSA AND Zlib AND libtiff AND OpenSSL AND Apache-1.1 AND BlueOak-1.0.0	Allows you to send and receive messages of Signal Messenger on your computer
Vendor apt repository	Signal	8.30.0	Official build	—	Private messenger with end-to-end encryption

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