Virtualization Tools for Linux

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  1. VirtualBox icon
     2953 likes

    Open source virtualization tool supporting x86/AMD64, runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris. Offers portable, lightweight, ad-free use.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    VirtualBox Manager
    Create Virtual Machine
    Setting of an OS
    +5
    Instaling Windows 10 as Virtual Machine
    69 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent44 reviews
  2. Docker icon
     340 likes

    Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • TrueNAS
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    34 alternatives
  3. QEMU icon
     304 likes

    Open-source hypervisor emulating CPUs via dynamic translation. Supports unmodified guest OS, allows mixed binary translation and native execution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    QEMU  with the free OS ReactOS
    Hardware Configuration of a VMware machine
    Harddisk based on a VMware vmdk-file
    +1
    Advanced settings of a vmdk-machine
    45 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent15 reviews
  4. VMware Workstation Pro Lets You Run Multiple Operating Systems as Virtual Machines (including Windows VMs) on a Single Windows or Linux PC. VMware Workstation Pro is the industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines (VMs) on a single Linux or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    VMware Workstation Pro screenshot 1
    VMware Workstation Pro screenshot 1
    37 alternatives
    3.6
    Good9 reviews
  5. Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete and easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox VE tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Proxmox Virtual Environment screenshot 1
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    +2
    Proxmox Virtual Environment screenshot 3
    49 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent11 reviews
  6. TrueNAS icon
     136 likes

    TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. TrueNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    TrueNAS screenshot 1
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    +6
    TrueNAS screenshot 3
    23 alternatives
  7. Podman icon
     62 likes

    Podman is a daemon-less container runtime for managing containers, pods, and container images. It is intended as a counterpart to CRI-O, to provide low-level debugging not available through the CRI interface used by Kubernetes.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Red Hat
    Manage containers. Part 1 of 3. Supported engines and orchestrators include Podman, Docker, Lima, kind, Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift Developer Sandbox.
    Manage containers. Part 2 of 3.
    Manage containers. Part 3 of 3. Using Terminal.
    +5
    Build, pull, and push images. Part 1 of 3.

Build containers from a Dockerfile / Containerfile, or pull images from remote repositories to run.

Manage accounts for and push your images to multiple container registries.
    14 alternatives
  8. VMware Workstation Player builds on the industry leading foundation of Workstation Pro, and delivers a streamlined user interface for creating and running operating systems and applications in a virtual machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    VMware Workstation Player screenshot 1
    41 alternatives
  9. Vagrant icon
     109 likes

    Create and manage virtualized development environments. Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware Workstation Pro
    • VMware Fusion
    • FreeBSD
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    24 alternatives
  10. WebVM icon
     15 likes

    Server-less virtual environment running client-side in HTML5/WebAssembly, featuring a Debian distribution and sandboxed x86 binary execution.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • WebAssembly
    • Self-Hosted
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    2 alternatives
  11. Distrobox icon
     23 likes

    Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman or docker to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Distrobox screenshot 1
    11 alternatives
  12. Unraid icon
     39 likes

    Flexible OS manages mixed drive storage, runs Docker containers and VMs, supports hardware passthrough, offers user-friendly web interface and parity protection.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Unraid screenshot 1
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    26 alternatives
  13. Quickemu icon
     10 likes

    Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands. You decide what operating system you want to run and Quickemu will figure out the best way to do it for you. For example:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    8 alternatives
  14. Containers which offer an environment as close as possible as the one you'd get from a VM but without the overhead that comes with running a separate kernel and simulating all the hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Linux Containers (LXC) screenshot 1
    11 alternatives
  15. Xen icon
     74 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Xen screenshot 1
    35 alternatives
  16. Kasm Workspaces icon
     13 likes

    Kasm Workspaces is a container streaming platform for delivering browser, desktop and application workloads to the web browser.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Ubuntu Jammy Desktop and Control Panel
    Kasm Workspaces
    Kasm Isolation Diagram
    24 alternatives
  17. WinApps icon
     8 likes

    Enables use of Windows applications, including Microsoft Office and Adobe tools, directly in Linux environments with seamless GNOME, KDE, and Nautilus integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    38 alternatives
  18. VMware vSphere Hypervisor ( based on ESXi ) is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • NVIDIA vGPU
    • AMD MxGPU
    VMware vSphere Hypervisor screenshot 1
    VMware vSphere Hypervisor screenshot 1
    44 alternatives
  19. Docker Swarm icon
     15 likes

    Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It allows you create and access to a pool of Docker hosts using the full suite of Docker tools. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    21 alternatives