DistroShelf
Graphical interface for managing Distrobox containers
Lorenzo Miglietta ✓ Verified
com.ranfdev.DistroShelfDistroShelf 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
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1.5.24 Aug 2026
- Fix: Support Distrobox v2, which removed the `version` subcommand and changed the `--version` output format.
1.5.13 Aug 2026
- Changed: Legacy bundled Distrobox installs are now resolved in place instead of being copied to the new stable directory.
1.5.019 Jul 2026
- New: Container list can now be sorted by creation date and last-used date.
- New: Ctrl+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+V keyboard shortcuts for copy-paste in the integrated terminal.
- Improved: Clearer error reporting in the create container dialog.
- Improved: Cleaner Distrobox version display in preferences.
- Improved: Reduced unnecessary resource usage fetches on container status changes.
- Improved: Migration banner moved below the sidebar headerbar.
- Improved: Show a close button when a task ends.
- Changed: Renamed the "System" Distrobox source to "Host" for clarity.
- Fix: Cloning failing when the source image is missing.
- Fix: Container terminal inheriting the host working directory.
- Fix: Several previously-untranslated UI messages.
- Fix: Container runtime detection ignoring failed version checks.
- Fix: Welcome view carousel not resetting to the requirements page when reshown.
- Fix: Welcome view requirement status desyncing from underlying query data.
- Fix: Default terminal setting preventing terminal detection on first launch.
- Fix: Repair stale Distrobox init paths during container migration.
- Fix: Repair all Distrobox bind-mount scripts during migration, not just init.
- Fix: Last-used-date sorting comparison for Podman running containers.
- Fix: Container sort key persistence and action state sync.
- Fix: Concurrency bugs in query signals and shared state.
- Fix: Centering of Debian and openSUSE distribution icons.
- i18n: Added Chinese (Traditional) translation.
1.4.816 Mar 2026
- Fix: Correct container selection behavior.
- Improved: Disable app shortcuts while integrated terminal is focused.
- Changed: Remove privileged container support to restore safer and more predictable container creation behavior.