Who should use Boxes?

Boxes is a B2B product built for developers and IT professionals.

Is Boxes still maintained?

Unverified. Boxes has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Boxes?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include OSINT Toolbox, SBR Simple Backup & Restore, and Defender Security.

Boxes is developed by The GNOME Project.

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Boxes

Name: Boxes
Author: The GNOME Project

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Boxes is a desktop virtualization tool that allows users to easily create, manage, and run virtual machines. It supports downloading OS images, taking snapshots, USB device redirection, and shared folders, making it ideal for developers and IT professionals needing multiple OS environments.

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Overview

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Boxes is an Infrastructure & Backend project. It focuses on simplifying the setup and management of virtual machines for running multiple operating systems. Boxes is a B2B product aimed at developers and IT professionals. It is available for free. Boxes is available on Linux.

The GNOME Project builds and maintains Boxes. Key capabilities include virtual machine creation, OS image download, and snapshot support.

Virtual machine creation
OS image download
Snapshot support
USB redirection
Shared folders

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

Trust & compliance

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jun · 16:46 UTC
Boxes verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Boxes

What does Boxes do?: Boxes focuses on simplifying the setup and management of virtual machines for running multiple operating systems. It is catalogued under Infrastructure & Backend on PulseGate.
Who should use Boxes?: Boxes is a B2B product built for developers and IT professionals.
Is Boxes free?: Yes — Boxes is free to use.
What platforms does Boxes run on?: Boxes runs on Linux.
Is Boxes still maintained?: Unverified. Boxes has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Boxes?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include OSINT Toolbox, SBR Simple Backup & Restore, and Defender Security.OSINT Toolbox SBR Simple Backup & Restore Defender Security
Who makes Boxes?: Boxes is developed by The GNOME Project.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
Built for: developers and IT professionals
Model: B2B
Solves: Simplifying the setup and management of virtual machines for running multiple operating systems.

Registered as

Flathub: org.gnome.Boxes

Developer

The GNOME Project

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70
Indexed: 29 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Unverified
Last seen: 29 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: boxes-flathub-org
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Boxes

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