Bushel Alternatives

Bushel is described as 'Need to try out old versions of macOS for your software? Want to try a script or piece of software without breaking your Mac?' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bushel for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Bushel alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bushel are QEMU, VMware Workstation Pro, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and VMware Workstation Player.

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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.

    68 VirtualBox alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
     
  2. QEMU icon
     303 likes

    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.

    45 QEMU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. 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...

    37 VMware Workstation Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.

    42 KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
     
  5. 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.

    41 VMware Workstation Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. UTM icon
     28 likes

    UTM is a full featured system emulator and virtual machine host for iOS and macOS. It is based off of QEMU. In short, it allows you to run Windows, Linux, and more on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

    59 UTM alternatives

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
  7. 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.

    11 Distrobox alternatives

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    • Linux
     
  8. VMware Fusion icon
     119 likes

    Seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications and devices, on any Intel-based Mac. Built from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion is the easiest way to switch to Mac—letting you bring all of your Windows applications with you, making the most of your Windows software...

    42 VMware Fusion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Anbox icon
     66 likes

    Anbox puts Android into a container and every Android application will be integrated with your operating system. Any Android version is suitable for this approach and try to keep up with the latest version from the Android Open Source Project.

    34 Anbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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