Boxes

Name: Boxes
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

A simple GNOME application to view, access, and manage virtual systems.

Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool

Linux
BSD
Flathub

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Avg rating of 5 (3)| 1 comments

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.

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Privacy focusedBoxes is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Container VirtualizationBoxes can make use of isolated user spaces called "containers" to run applications.
LightweightBoxes consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Command line interfaceBoxes either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
PortableBoxes can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.

Boxes information

Developed byGNOME
LicensingOpen Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
RatingAverage rating of 5
Alternatives21 alternatives listed

Supported Languages

English
German

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Boxes, and it has gotten 23 likes

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yofaw78034

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Top positive comment• ago

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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probably the closet software to virt-manager but it's not as feature rich

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virt-manager

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Boxes platform details

Flathub

Needs KVM installed natively to run

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