Kontainer is a GUI tool to manage Distrobox containers

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.

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