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Boxes

Virtualization made simple

  • cli-tool
  • COMMAND-LINE
  • TEXT-FILTER
  • Launchable
  • Runs in terminal
  • Same app · 2 sources
Official OARS · imported from upstream · official · May 24, 2026 description in en

Description

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

How to run

boxes

Commands: boxes

Permissions

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