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title: Graphical Software Manager (AppFinder)
url: "https://nxos.org/documentation/software-management/appfinder/"
updated: "2026-10-05"
category: Software Management
---

# Graphical Software Manager (AppFinder)

AppFinder is a software-management GUI for Nitrux. Built with **[MauiKit](https://mauikit.org/)**, it brings together the supported ways to obtain, build, and manage software while keeping those workflows separate from the immutable base system.

### Software Sources

- **NX AppHub**: Browse curated AppBox recipes, refresh the local applications repository, activate or remove AppBoxes, launch installed AppBoxes, and restore AppBox backups.
- **Flathub**: Browse featured applications, collections, and categories; search for applications; install, launch, update, and remove Flatpaks; and manage optional Flatpak add-ons.
- **Personal Bundle Builder**: Create and edit local AppImage bundle projects, configure their package sources, dependencies, integration, launch options, and sandboxing, then save and build the bundles locally.
- **Distrobox**: Create and manage development containers using a selected base image, with controls to start, stop, open, clone, repair, and delete containers.

### Usage

Launch AppFinder from the application menu or run it from the terminal.

### Information

For details about the software sources in AppFinder, see

- [Software Management → User Application Delivery → NX AppHub](https://nxos.org/documentation/software-management/user/nx-apphub/).
- [Software Management → User Application Delivery → Flatpak](https://nxos.org/documentation/software-management/user/flatpak/).
- [Software Management → Development Environments → Distrobox](https://nxos.org/documentation/software-management/devlopment/distrobox/).