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Boxes

A simple GNOME application to access virtual systems. It is based on a design from Jon McCann and Jakub Steiner.

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  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Flathub  Needs KVM installed natively to run
  • GNOME
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Boxes, and it has gotten 34 likes

Boxes was added to AlternativeTo by ShimiC7 on and this page was last updated .

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Top Positive Comment
yofaw78034
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It works so well! VMs can be a real pain to set up, but Boxes makes everything so easy! Just a few clicks and you're in!

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A simple GUI wrapper around Linux's built-in QEMU and KVM support for running virtual machines. It makes simple things easy to set up and run.

To adjust advanced settings you either need to edit config files manually or use another GUI like VirtManager. I've never managed to get hardware acceleration working right on it, which makes Windows guests a lot slower than Linux ones.

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Install from the command line

  • flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Boxes

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

What is Boxes?

A simple GNOME application to access virtual systems. It is based on a design from Jon McCann and Jakub Steiner.

Boxes used to support remote desktop connections until version 41, which separated the remote features to the new Connections icon Connections app.