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title: Install Desktop Icon Boxes on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Desktop Icon Boxes for Linux - Desktop icon
  container boxes & auto-sorting groups over ~/Desktop folders
url: https://snapcraft.io/desktop-icon-boxes-linux
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# Desktop Icon Boxes (desktop-icon-boxes-linux)

[Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)")

* [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 2.0.0

Install latest/stable of Desktop Icon Boxes

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install desktop-icon-boxes-linux
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* desktop-icon-boxes-linux

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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### Contact

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/desktop-icon-boxes-linux#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/desktop-icon-boxes-linux#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/desktop-icon-boxes-linux#tab-security)

#### Desktop icon container boxes & auto-sorting groups over ~/Desktop folders

A Linux X11 alternative to Fences. Independent open-source project, not
affiliated with or endorsed by Stardock.

DESKTOP BOXES & LIVE SHOW
• Translucent, draggable, resizable desktop container boxes rendered as X11
desktop-layer windows (\_NET\_WM\_WINDOW\_TYPE\_DESKTOP, pinned at lower stack)
backed 100% by real files in your ~/Desktop or chosen user folder.
• Each box features a shaded titlebar header, Double-Click Titlebar Roll-Up
animation, scrollable real file/folder icons with crisp file-type badges,
click/double-click open via xdg-open, Rename, Move File Between Boxes,
and Quick Hide / Show All Boxes toggle + global hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+B).

AUTO-SORT GROUPING RULES & FOLDER PORTALS
• Define extension/pattern sorting rules (Images, Documents, Installers &
Archives, Code, Recent Folders) and apply rules directly against real
~/Desktop files.
• Point any Box directly at any real folder on disk as a live Folder Portal.

LAYOUT SNAPSHOTS & BOX STYLING
• Customize box translucent tint color, opacity, border radius, font color,
and icon grid spacing, and save/restore named layout snapshots.

LIMITATIONS (honest)
• On GNOME Shell, native desktop icons remain managed by GNOME; these boxes
render as desktop-layer organizer containers over real ~/Desktop and
Folder Portal directories.
• Desktop-layer EWMH hints and global XGrabKey hotkeys require an X11 /
XWayland session.

SUPPORT & DONATE
• Created by Thanh Nguyen — <https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b>

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## Install Desktop Icon Boxes on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/desktop-icon-boxes-linux/ubuntu)