DistroShelf - A GUI for Distrobox Containers

DistroShelf is a graphical interface for managing Distrobox containers on Linux. It provides an easy way to:

• Create and manage containers
• View container status and details
• Install packages
• Manage exported applications
• Open terminal sessions
• Upgrade containers
• Clone and delete containers

Installation

Flatpak

or

flatpak install com.ranfdev.DistroShelf

Third party packages

Arch linux

distroshelf is on the AUR

NixOS

distroshelf on nixpkgs-unstable

From Source

Requirements

• Distrobox installed and configured
• GTK 4 and libadwaita
• Supported terminal emulator (GNOME Terminal, Konsole, etc.)

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ranfdev/DistroShelf.git
cd DistroShelf

2. Build and install:

meson build --prefix=/usr
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

Configuration

You can configure your preferred terminal emulator in the Preferences dialog.

Supported terminals:

• GNOME Terminal
• Konsole
• Xfce Terminal
• Tilix
• Alacritty
• And more...

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or pull request on GitHub.

License

DistroShelf is licensed under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.

Credits

• Distro icons from font-logos
• Some snippets are from BoxBuddy
• Distrobox