Directory structure

This section describes the directories found within a snap and details their content.

If you’re building your snaps with snapcraft, after running a build, the directory structure can be seen in the prime/ directory.

Directory	Purpose	Content
`/`	Where your code is shipped, along wrapper files generated by Snapcraft.	App source code, `*.wrapper` files
`/bin`	Contains all binaries shipped by the app.	Binaries
`/meta`	Contains details that describe the snap.	`snap.yaml`, licence.txt
`/meta/gui`	Contains GUI related files for the snap.	Desktop files, icons

Installed snaps

Snaps are installed in the /snap/<snap> directory.

In each <snap> directory, the three most recent revisions of a snap are kept, with current symlinked to the active one.

<snap>
├── <snap revision 1>/
│   ├── bin/
│   │   └── <app binaries>
│   ├── meta/
│   │   ├── gui/
│   │   ├── hooks/
│   │   └── snap.yaml
│   └── <app files v1.0>
├── <snap revision 2>/
│   ├── bin/
│   │   └── <app binaries>
│   ├── meta/
│   │   ├── gui/
│   │   ├── hooks/
│   │   └── snap.yaml
│   └── <app files v1.x>
└── current -> <snap revision 2>