Kontainer is a graphical user interface (GUI) application built with KDE Kirigami that provides a user-friendly way to manage Distrobox containers.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Container Management: Create new containers from various Linux distributions, delete existing containers, upgrade containers and list and view all containers.
- Terminal Integration: Open terminal sessions inside containers using Konsole and execute commands within containers.
- Package Management: Install package files inside containers and automatic detection of appropriate package managers based on container distribution.
- Desktop Integration: Generate desktop shortcuts for containers, full integration with the host system through Distrobox and color-coded container listing based on distribution.
Website: github.com/DenysMb/Kontainer
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Developer: Denys Madureira
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Kontainer is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Distrobox GUI Tools | |
|---|---|
| Atoms | Manage Linux Chroot(s) and Containers |
| DistroShelf | GTK Client for Distrobox |
| BoxBuddy | Graphical manager for Distrobox |
| Kontainer | User-friendly way to manage Distrobox containers built with KDE Kirigami |
| DistroRack | Qt/QML-based GUI for Distrobox containers |
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