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Bubbles

Lightweight Linux working environments.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

At a glance

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

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Bubbles: Lightweight Linux working environments with seamless Wayland and Networking integration Includes and starts a Gnome Console (kgx), but that is just the adjustable default Quick, yet Full-featured: Starts an instance in just a few seconds Access to a real Debian installation Persistent, yet Disposable: Run long-living environments: Separate distinct contexts persistently, while not cluttering your host Run quick experiments: Do not break your host, break your Bubble and discard it Integrated, yet Isolated: Wayland windows are managed on the host compositor, Networking is transparent Using sub-sandboxing plus strong KVM isolation boundary Powerful, yet Unprivileged: Run containers effortlessly within a Bubble Bubbles runs as sandboxed, least-privilege Flatpak on any modern Linux (Opinionated distributions like Fedora Atomic and NixOS included) Immutable, yet Mutable: Includes Nix to enable version-controlled, reproducible work environments If Nix is too strict, fall back on Debian's apt or install any other package manager

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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