# Distrobox being re-written in GO

**URL:** <https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/distrobox-being-re-written-in-go/12336>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 27, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/distrobox-being-re-written-in-go/12336 "2026-07-27T15:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danathar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/danathar/32/7758_2.png) [@Danathar](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Danathar)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/distrobox-being-re-written-in-go/12336/1 "2026-07-27T15:22:30Z")

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This was posted recently about Distrobox being rewritten in Go. Since Distrobox is pretty critical for Universal Blue, I thought I’d post it here in case anybody wanted to watch.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/a/a219c8e96d5c2855b98035542c5891492f3c5774.jpeg "openSUSE Conference 2026 - Rewriting Distrobox in Go: creating the foundation of a brand new ecosyst") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRWrTwCRPtM)

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**Author:** ![novafunc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/novafunc/32/10147_2.png) [@novafunc](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/novafunc)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/distrobox-being-re-written-in-go/12336/2 "2026-07-29T23:01:03Z")

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That’s funny. Distrobox was a fork of Toolbox. Toolbox decided that using shell was a poor choice, so they switched to Go years ago while Distrobox continued to use POSIX shell for years.

And now Distrobox decided to switch to Go too. Though it seems likes it’s from scratch rather than a fork.

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**Author:** ![t3g](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@t3g](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/t3g)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/distrobox-being-re-written-in-go/12336/3 "2026-08-01T16:07:34Z")

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**Podman and Docker Compose are also written in Go. Two great tools I use on Ublue desktops and MacBook for work.**