box86 VS flatpak

Compare box86 vs flatpak and see what are their differences.

box86

Box86 - Linux Userspace x86 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM Linux devices (by ptitSeb)

flatpak

Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework (by flatpak)
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box86 flatpak
111 431
3,086 4,049
- 1.6%
9.5 9.0
10 days ago 6 days ago
C C
MIT License GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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box86

Posts with mentions or reviews of box86. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-12.

flatpak

Posts with mentions or reviews of flatpak. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing box86 and flatpak you can also consider the following projects:

FEX - A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux

steam-runtime - A runtime environment for Steam applications

box64 - Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64 Linux devices

firejail - Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf sandbox

limbo - Limbo is a QEMU-based emulator for Android. It currently supports x86, ARM, PowerPC, and Sparc emulation for Intel x86 and ARM android devices. See wiki https://virtualmachinery.weebly.com for APK download and Instructions.

Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux - This is a project, where I give you a way to use Autodesk Fusion 360 on Linux!

cadmium - [Moved to: https://github.com/Maccraft123/Cadmium]

distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

osu - rhythm is just a *click* away!

nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding

box86-compatibility-list - Box86 Compatibility List (Games and Software)

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