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# Say Cheese to the Future: Snapshot is GNOME's Next-Gen Camera App
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-snapshot/
- Published: 2023-05-01T12:39:10.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-01T12:39:10.000Z
- Description: A new GNOME camera app starts sailing to replace the classic Cheese utility.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Development Updates, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

A new app has been accepted into [GNOME's Incubator Group](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Incubator/?ref=itsfoss.com), i.e., **Snapshot.**

The first preview release for Snapshot is out, making it an excellent candidate to replace [Cheese](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Cheese?ref=itsfoss.com), the current GNOME webcam app for Linux users.

Let's take a quick look at it.

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'[Incubator](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Incubator?ref=itsfoss.com)' group contains projects set to be part of GNOME Core and GNOME Development tools, signifying that **this might someday make it into a GNOME release**.

## 🆕 Snapshot: What is it?

![a screenshot of gnome's snapshot app](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/05/Snapshot.png)

As I mentioned earlier, it is a camera app for GNOME. **Written in the memory-safe Rust programming language**, it offers a very minimal set of features.

Designed with mobile devices and traditional desktops/laptops in mind, Snapshot has **a neat user interface** with all the valuable options.

As for the features, it has just about what you would expect from such an app.

It has a '**Countdown**' feature allowing you to set a timer for clicking photos or videos, with a few timing choices.

![a screenshot of the countdown timer on gnome's snapshot app](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/05/Snapshot_2.png)

Then there is the ability to disable the shutter sounds in the app by heading over to the preferences menu.

![a screenshot of the preferences menu in gnome's snapshot app](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/05/Snapshot_3.png)

Snapshot also has a decent gallery view inside the app, letting you view the clicked photos/videos and share or access them using different programs.

**Did you find Snapshot very feature-lacking?**

I don't know about you, but I did. 

But, of course, **sometimes, simple is better**. With **GNOME apps, it is usually the case.** 

It won't replace GNOME's existing camera app, '[Cheese](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Cheese?ref=itsfoss.com)' anytime soon. But as the development progresses, they might add some exciting features. 

To know more, you can keep an eye on [This Week in GNOME](https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/04/twig-93/?ref=itsfoss.com) blog to check the development updates on Snapshot and other GNOME apps.

## 📥 Get Snapshot

You can get the app from the [Flathub store](https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Snapshot?ref=itsfoss.com), and explore its source code on [GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Incubator/snapshot?ref=itsfoss.com).

[Snapshot (Flathub)](https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Snapshot?ref=itsfoss.com)

*💬 What do you think? Will Snapshot replace Cheese as the default camera app on GNOME for you?*