Boxes

Virtualization made simple

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

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Newest Release

Latest version 47.0 released on Sep 17, 2024.

Keywords

  • Boxes
  • Development
  • Emulator
  • Linux
  • System

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