Snapcraft

E724142

application distribution platform software packaging platform

Snapcraft is Canonical's software packaging and distribution platform for building and publishing containerized "snap" applications across multiple Linux distributions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Snapcraft canonical	3
Launchpad	1
snapcraft	1

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]

A. Kickstart
Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.
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.
D. Snap
Snap is a technology and social media company best known for creating Snapchat and developing camera-focused hardware and augmented reality products.
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.

A. Kickstart
Kickstart is the ROM-based firmware of the Commodore Amiga computers that initializes the hardware and loads the AmigaOS.
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.
D. Snap
Snap is a technology and social media company best known for creating Snapchat and developing camera-focused hardware and augmented reality products.
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 ⓘ linked to: Snapcraft
configurationFile	snapcraft.yaml ⓘ
developer	Canonical Ltd. ⓘ
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. ⓘ
programmingLanguage	Go ⓘ 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 ⓘ snapd ⓘ
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 ⓘ LXD ⓘ Multipass ⓘ
supportsFormat	snap ⓘ
supportsLanguage	.NET ⓘ C ⓘ C++ ⓘ Go ⓘ Java ⓘ Node.js ⓘ Python ⓘ Rust ⓘ
targetPlatform	Arch Linux ⓘ Debian ⓘ Fedora ⓘ linked to: Fedora Linux Linux ⓘ Linux Mint ⓘ Manjaro ⓘ Ubuntu ⓘ openSUSE ⓘ
uses	AppArmor confinement ⓘ SquashFS ⓘ snapd ⓘ systemd integration ⓘ
website	https://snapcraft.io ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canonical Ltd. → knownFor → Snapcraft ⓘ

Canonical Ltd. → product → Snapcraft ⓘ

subject linked to: Canonical

Bazaar → integratesWith → Launchpad ⓘ

linked to: Snapcraft

Snapcraft → commandLineInterface → snapcraft ⓘ