BoxBuddy

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An unofficial GUI for managing your Distroboxes. Written with GTK4 + Libadwaita.

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Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Platforms

Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Rust

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Graphical User Interface
Gtk

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BoxBuddy information

Developed by
Dvlv
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
Rust
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Supported Languages
- English

GitHub repository

567 Stars
40 Forks
43 Open Issues
Updated Oct 5, 2026

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BoxBuddy was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Dec 22, 2023 and this page was last updated Nov 27, 2025.

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Install from the command line

flatpak install flathub io.github.dvlv.boxbuddyrs

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is BoxBuddy?

BoxBuddy is a graphical user interface for Distrobox.

Distrobox allows users to create container images of many different Linux distributions which are nicely integrated with your host system, but still completely separate.

BoxBuddy makes creating and using these containers simple and convenient by providing a simple UI for many common tasks.

NOTE: BoxBuddy does not package Distrobox, it must be installed on your system separately.