DistroShelf Alternatives

Apps similar to DistroShelf include BoxBuddy, which is free and open source. Other options are Kontainer. Between them they cover Linux.

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DistroShelf alternatives page was last updated May 4, 2026

BoxBuddy
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An unofficial GUI for managing your Distroboxes. Written with GTK4 + Libadwaita.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Rust
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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 (GPL-3.0)
Origin
Portugal
EU
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Portugal
EU
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