AWS Firecracker AlternativesVirtualization Tools and other similar apps like AWS Firecracker

AWS Firecracker is described as 'Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services that provide serverless operational models' and is a Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are three alternatives to AWS Firecracker for Linux, BSD, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows. The best AWS Firecracker alternative is QEMU, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AWS Firecracker are Cassowary and Kata Containers.

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    QEMU

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    QEMU, an open-source hypervisor, performs hardware virtualization, emulates CPUs using dynamic binary translation, and supports various architectures. It runs diverse unmodified guest OS, provides device models, and offers mixed translation modes for efficient execution.

    44 QEMU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    QEMU with the free OS ReactOS
     

    • QEMU is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to AWS Firecracker.

    • QEMU is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AWS Firecracker.

    • QEMU is Free and Open SourceAWS Firecracker is also Free and Open Source
    • QEMU is Privacy focused and Security-focusedAWS Firecracker is not according to our users
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    Cassowary

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    Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native. Use Linux applications to launch files located in Windows WM without needing to install applications on WM. With easy to use configuration GUI. TEST.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Kata Containers

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    Kata Containers is an open source, secure container runtime with lightweight virtual machines that feel and perform like containers, but provide stronger workload isolation using hardware virtualization technology as a second layer of defense.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    • Kata Containers is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to AWS Firecracker.

    • Kata Containers is Free and ProprietaryAWS Firecracker is Free and Open Source
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