Snapcraft
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Snapcraft is Canonical's software packaging and distribution platform for building and publishing containerized "snap" applications across multiple Linux distributions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snapcraft canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8285383 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snapcraft Context triple: [Canonical Ltd., knownFor, Snapcraft]
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A.
Kickstart
Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.
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B.
Platform 6
Platform 6 is one of the passenger train platforms at Cambridge railway station in Cambridge, England.
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C.
Makers
Makers is a science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that explores a near-future maker culture, disruptive innovation, and the social and economic upheavals caused by rapid technological change.
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D.
Snap
Snap is a technology and social media company best known for creating Snapchat and developing camera-focused hardware and augmented reality products.
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E.
Snap
Snap is the superhero alias used by Marvel Comics character Sam Wilson, better known as the Falcon and the second Captain America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snapcraft Target entity description: Snapcraft is Canonical's software packaging and distribution platform for building and publishing containerized "snap" applications across multiple Linux distributions.
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A.
Kickstart
Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.
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B.
Platform 6
Platform 6 is one of the passenger train platforms at Cambridge railway station in Cambridge, England.
-
C.
Makers
Makers is a science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that explores a near-future maker culture, disruptive innovation, and the social and economic upheavals caused by rapid technological change.
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D.
Snap
Snap is a technology and social media company best known for creating Snapchat and developing camera-focused hardware and augmented reality products.
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E.
Snap
Snap is the superhero alias used by Marvel Comics character Sam Wilson, better known as the Falcon and the second Captain America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application distribution platform
ⓘ
software packaging platform ⓘ |
| commandLineInterface | snapcraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| configurationFile | snapcraft.yaml ⓘ |
| developer | Canonical Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionModel | cross-distribution ⓘ |
| feature |
automatic dependency bundling
ⓘ
delta updates ⓘ interfaces for permissions ⓘ rollback on failure ⓘ sandboxed execution ⓘ tracks for long-term support releases ⓘ transactional updates ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| license | GPL-3.0-or-later ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Canonical Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Go
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Python ⓘ |
| provides |
automatic updates for snaps
ⓘ
beta channel ⓘ build tools for snaps ⓘ candidate channel ⓘ channels for release management ⓘ dependency management for snaps ⓘ edge channel ⓘ publishing tools for snaps ⓘ stable channel ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Snap Store
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
snapd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft ⓘ |
| supports |
IoT applications
ⓘ
command-line applications ⓘ containerized applications ⓘ graphical applications ⓘ server applications ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
amd64
ⓘ
arm64 ⓘ armhf ⓘ ppc64le ⓘ s390x ⓘ |
| supportsBuildEnvironment |
Docker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
LXD NERFINISHED ⓘ Multipass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFormat | snap ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
.NET
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
C NERFINISHED ⓘ C++ NERFINISHED ⓘ Go ⓘ Java ⓘ Node.js NERFINISHED ⓘ Python ⓘ Rust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
Arch Linux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Debian NERFINISHED ⓘ Fedora NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux Mint NERFINISHED ⓘ Manjaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubuntu NERFINISHED ⓘ openSUSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
AppArmor confinement
ⓘ
SquashFS NERFINISHED ⓘ snapd NERFINISHED ⓘ systemd integration ⓘ |
| website | https://snapcraft.io ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Snapcraft Description of subject: Snapcraft is Canonical's software packaging and distribution platform for building and publishing containerized "snap" applications across multiple Linux distributions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.