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[](https://softwarefactory-project.io/zuul/t/local/builds?project=containers/toolbox)
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[](https://softwarefactory-project.io/zuul/t/local/builds?project=containers%2Ftoolbox&pipeline=periodic)
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[](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/toolbox/)
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[](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox/)
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[Toolbox](https://containertoolbx.org/) is a tool for Linux operating systems,
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which allows the use of containerized command line environments. It is built
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on top of [Podman](https://podman.io/) and other standard container
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technologies from [OCI](https://opencontainers.org/).
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This is particularly useful on
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[OSTree](https://ostree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) based operating systems like
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[Fedora CoreOS](https://coreos.fedoraproject.org/) and
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[Silverblue](https://silverblue.fedoraproject.org/). The intention of these
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systems is to discourage installation of software on the host, and instead
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install software as (or in) containers — they mostly don't even have package
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managers like DNF or YUM. This makes it difficult to set up a development
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environment or install tools for debugging in the usual way.
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Toolbox solves this problem by providing a fully mutable container within
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which one can install their favourite development and debugging tools, editors
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and SDKs. For example, it's possible to do `yum install ansible` without
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affecting the base operating system.
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However, this tool doesn't *require* using an OSTree based system. It works
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equally well on Fedora Workstation and Server, and that's a useful way to
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incrementally adopt containerization.
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The toolbox environment is based on an [OCI](https://www.opencontainers.org/)
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image. On Fedora this is the `fedora-toolbox` image. This image is used to
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create a toolbox container that seamlessly integrates with the rest of the
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operating system by providing access to the user's home directory, the Wayland
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and X11 sockets, networking (including Avahi), removable devices (like USB
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sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the udev
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database, etc..
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## Installation & Use
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See our guides on
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[installing & getting started](https://containertoolbx.org/install/) with
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Toolbox and [Linux distro support](https://containertoolbx.org/distros/).
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