BoxBuddy Alternatives

BoxBuddy is described as 'An unofficial GUI for managing your Distroboxes. Written with GTK4 + Libadwaita' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to BoxBuddy for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Flathub, Flatpak, Self-Hosted and TrueNAS apps. The best BoxBuddy alternative is Docker, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BoxBuddy are KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Distrobox, Linux Containers (LXC) and Xen.

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  1. Docker icon

    Docker

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    Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.

    29 Docker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • TrueNAS
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    • Docker is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to BoxBuddy.

    • Docker is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BoxBuddy.

    • Docker is Freemium and Open SourceBoxBuddy is Free and Open Source
    • Docker is LightweightBoxBuddy is not according to our users
  2. KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) icon

    KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)

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    KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.

    40 KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
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    • KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is the most popular Android alternative to BoxBuddy.

    • KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is Free and Open SourceBoxBuddy is also Free and Open Source
    • KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is Security-focused, Lightweight and Privacy focusedBoxBuddy is not according to our users
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    Distrobox

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    Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman or docker to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice.

    9 Distrobox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Xen icon

    Xen

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    Xen.org, home of the Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization. It is a native (bare-metal) hypervisor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    DistroShelf

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    DistroShelf is a graphical interface for managing Distrobox containers on Linux. It provides an easy way to:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. Pods icon

    Pods

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    Pods is a frontend for podman. It uses libadwaita for its user interface and strives to meet the design principles of GNOME.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  10. containerd icon

    containerd

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    An industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    OpenVZ

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    OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux.

    OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated Linux containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict.

    Each container performs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. Kontainer icon

    Kontainer

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    Kontainer is a graphical user interface (GUI) application built with KDE Kirigami that provides a user-friendly way to manage Distrobox containers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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