Citrix Hypervisor Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Citrix Hypervisor for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Citrix Hypervisor and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Citrix Hypervisor are KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Unraid, Xen and VMware vSphere Hypervisor.

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  1. VirtualBox icon
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    Open source VirtualBox offers powerful x86/AMD64 virtualization available freely under GNU GPL v2. Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris hosts. Supports a vast array of guest OS like Windows, Linux, Solaris. Portable, lightweight, ad-free, with dark mode.

    70 VirtualBox alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
     
  2. Unraid icon
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    Flexible operating system combining storage management with support for mixed drive sizes, Docker containers, virtual machines, hardware and GPU passthrough, browser-based interface, file protocols, scalable expansion, integrated parity, and monitoring features.

    26 Unraid alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
     
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  3. Xen icon
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    Xen.org, home of the Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization. It is a native (bare-metal) hypervisor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently.

    35 Xen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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  4. XCP-ng icon
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    XCP-ng is a high-performance, enterprise-level hypervisor with a rich ecosystem and is the result of massive cooperation between individuals and companies. All commercial features are enabled with no commitment required to a support agreement.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • NVIDIA vGPU
    • AMD MxGPU
     
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  5. oVirt icon
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    oVirt is a virtualization management application. That means that you can use the oVirt management interface ( the oVirt engine) to manage hardware nodes, storage and network resources, and to deploy and monitor virtual machines running in your data center.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Multipass icon
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    Multipass is a lightweight VM manager for Linux, Windows and macOS. It's designed for developers who want a fresh Ubuntu environment with a single command. It uses KVM on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows and HyperKit on macOS to run the VM with minimal overhead.

    63 Multipass alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
  7. Bochs icon
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    Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, Bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486...

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. OpenVZ icon
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    OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux.

    OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated Linux containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict.

    Each container performs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Virtualizor icon
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    Virtualizor is a powerful web based VPS Control Panel. It supports OpenVZ, Xen PV, Xen HVM, XenServer and Linux KVM virtualization.

    27 Virtualizor alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. The Xen Project hypervisor is an open-source type-1 or baremetal hypervisor, which makes it possible to run many instances of an operating system or indeed different operating systems in parallel on a single machine (or host).

    6 Xen Hypervisor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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