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Boxes

Virtualization made simple.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing: version history.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Take snapshots of virtual machines to restore to previous states” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Share files to virtual machines by dropping them from your file manager into the Boxes window” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Boxes is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (LGPL-2.1+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

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

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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