Boxes

Virtualization made simple

by The GNOME Project

Flathub (Flatpak): ★ 3.2 (367)Updated 7 months agoSlowing down
Flatpak (recommended) Snap Arch Linux Debian Ubuntu Fedora openSUSE Alpine Linux Void Linux Solus NixpkgsStandard: Stable Other builds: 32bit

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About

Select an operating system and let Boxes download and install it for you in a virtual machine. Features: - Download freely available operating systems - Automatically install CentOS Stream, Debian, Fedora, Microsoft Windows, OpenSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Ubuntu - Create virtual machines from operating system images with a couple of clicks - Limit the resources (memory and storage) your virtual machines consume from your system - Take snapshots of virtual machines to restore to previous states - Redirect USB devices from your physical machine into virtual machines - 3D acceleration for some of the supported operating systems - Automatically resize virtual machines displays to the window size - Share clipboard between your system and virtual machines - Share files to virtual machines by dropping them from your file manager into the Boxes window - Setup Shared Folders between your system and virtual machines

Changelog

This release includes various translation improvements.

Required configuration

Requires: a screen with its shortest side at least 400 px. Recommends: an internet connection. Supports: mouse or touchpad, keyboard, touch screen.

Additional information

Project

Developer
The GNOME Project
Publisher
Canonical
License
LGPL-2.1+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Latest release
March 14, 2026 (7 months ago)Slowing down · 2 releases in the last year
Release history
Last 3 releases
  • 50.0March 14, 2026
  • 49.1November 24, 2025
  • 49.0September 16, 2025
Languages
74 languages

Install

Available via
Flatpak · Snap (2) · Arch Linux · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux (2) · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 14 packagings

Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Void Linux (32bit build), Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)

About this data

Sources
Sources matched and checked by handSources disagree on the name: boxes / gnomeboxesSources disagree on the license
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (14)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Flathub (Flatpak)Boxes50.0—LGPL-2.1+Virtualization made simple
Snap StoreGNOME Boxes50.0—GPL-3.0-or-laterVirtualization made simple
Snap Store (Candidate build)GNOME Boxes50.0—GPL-3.0-or-laterVirtualization made simple
Debiangnome-boxes48.0-3+b1Distribution build—Simple GNOME app to access virtual systems
Ubuntugnome-boxes49.1-1Distribution build—Simple GNOME app to access virtual systems
Fedoragnome-boxes50.0Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-later AND CC0-1.0 AND CC-BY-SA-3.0A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems
Arch Linuxgnome-boxes50.0-1Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-laterSimple GNOME application to access virtual systems
Nixpkgsgnome-boxes50.0Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-laterSimple GNOME application to access virtual systems
openSUSEgnome-boxes50.0Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-laterA GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems
Alpine Linuxgnome-boxes50.0-r0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyVirtualization made simple
Void Linuxgnome-boxes50.0_1Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-laterGNOME application to access remote or virtual systems
Void Linux (32bit build)gnome-boxes-32bit50.0_1Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-laterGNOME application to access remote or virtual systems (32bit)
Solusgnome-boxes48.0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyVirtualization made simple
Gentoo (Candidate build)gnome-boxes50.0Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-later AND CC-BY-2.0Simple GNOME application to access remote or virtual systems
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