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Canonical
on 6 March 2019


At the end of last year, we shared an infographic highlighting the adoption of snaps by users for their desktop, server or IoT devices. Those snaps wouldn’t be available without the growing number of developers building them behind the scenes. But why have developers, including those from some of the world’s largest software companies, decided to package their applications as a snap? This new infographic below shares insight into how simple building snaps is, the community support available and more.

Ready to start building your first snap? Visit Snapcraft to get started.

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