Command-line tool

distrobox

brew/distrobox

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Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

View documentation for creating containers

tldr distrobox-create

View documentation for listing container's information

tldr distrobox-list

View documentation for entering the container

tldr distrobox-enter

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