Boxes

Virtualization made simple

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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

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
Homepage: gnomeboxes.org
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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)

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Sources: Sources matched and checked by handSources disagree on the name: boxes / gnomeboxesSources disagree on the license
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (14)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	Boxes	50.0	—	LGPL-2.1+	Virtualization made simple
Snap Store	GNOME Boxes	50.0	—	GPL-3.0-or-later	Virtualization made simple
Snap Store (Candidate build)	GNOME Boxes	50.0	—	GPL-3.0-or-later	Virtualization made simple
Debian	gnome-boxes	48.0-3+b1	Distribution build	—	Simple GNOME app to access virtual systems
Ubuntu	gnome-boxes	49.1-1	Distribution build	—	Simple GNOME app to access virtual systems
Fedora	gnome-boxes	50.0	Distribution build	LGPL-2.0-or-later AND CC0-1.0 AND CC-BY-SA-3.0	A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems
Arch Linux	gnome-boxes	50.0-1	Distribution build	LGPL-2.0-or-later	Simple GNOME application to access virtual systems
Nixpkgs	gnome-boxes	50.0	Distribution build	LGPL-2.0-or-later	Simple GNOME application to access virtual systems
openSUSE	gnome-boxes	50.0	Distribution build	LGPL-2.0-or-later	A GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems
Alpine Linux	gnome-boxes	50.0-r0	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-only	Virtualization made simple
Void Linux	gnome-boxes	50.0_1	Distribution build	LGPL-2.0-or-later	GNOME application to access remote or virtual systems
Void Linux (32bit build)	gnome-boxes-32bit	50.0_1	Distribution build	LGPL-2.0-or-later	GNOME application to access remote or virtual systems (32bit)
Solus	gnome-boxes	48.0	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-only	Virtualization made simple
Gentoo (Candidate build)	gnome-boxes	50.0	Distribution build	LGPL-2.0-or-later AND CC-BY-2.0	Simple GNOME application to access remote or virtual systems

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