ForkBox is a fork of VirtualBox. Our goal is to refine the VirtualBox experience by focusing on stability, performance, and a clean, traditional user interface. We aim to remove unnecessary bloat and revert changes that we feel detract from the core user experience. If you prefer a more classic, streamlined approach to virtualization, ForkBox is for you.
ForkBox is a powerful x86_64 (and ARM, via v7.1+) full-virtualization tool for desktop, server, and embedded use. It runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Solaris hosts.
Key features include a streamlined and user-friendly graphical interface (reverting some recent upstream UI changes), flexible networking, and high performance. It's designed for anyone from developers testing software to users needing to run multiple operating systems simultaneously. Not everything new is good!
It features a very user friendly graphical user interface and is available for many popular operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS and Solaris). Flexible networking setup and interactive performance are the strong points.
Anyone with the need to run multiple operating systems simultaneously with some basic knowledge about PCs and operating system installation can use it to reduce effort with a large number of tasks including software testing.
ForkBox is a complex product with multiple dependencies, some of them specific to the operating system on which you want to run it.
The basics for building ForkBox are described on the build instructions page.
The ForkBox User Guide contains all information relevant for users, including the product features and their configuration.
For developers it is recommended to start with the technical documentation which contains links to a broad collection of pages related to development, covering many aspects of the project and its features.
Since ForkBox is a fork of VirtualBox, VirtualBox is sorrrta similar to ForkBox.. sorta? I mean to say we're too lazy to make tutorials.. ahem... The official VirtualBox documentation and tutorials are a great resource for getting started with general concepts, such as creating and managing virtual machines. Learn to Install Oracle VirtualBox and Run Virtual Machines and Use Oracle VirtualBox on Oracle Linux.
- Community Chat: Discord server coming soon, for now, if you want to chat, DM me on discord @ErrorOliver.
- Forums: Use the ForkBox Forums for questions about the product or discussing its functionality.
- Issues: Open an issue for bug reports or requests for enhancements.
- Security: Report a security vulnerability according to the Reporting Vulnerabilities Guide.
This project welcomes contributions from the community. Before submitting a pull request, please review our contribution guide
Please consult the security guide for our responsible security vulnerability disclosure process.
ForkBox is free software released under the GNU General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3).
The project is a fork of Oracle VirtualBox and adheres to the original project's licensing. All new contributions must be compatible with the GPLv3.
For full license details, please see the COPYING file. licenses.