Karton VM Alternatives

Karton VM is described as 'A Libvirt-based Virtual Machine Manager for KDE' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Karton VM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Karton VM alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Karton VM are WinBoat, Parallels Desktop, virt-manager and VMware Workstation Player.

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Karton VM alternatives page was last updated May 22, 2025

AQEMU
14 likes
Cross-platform GUI virtual machine manager using QEMU as backend. Support Linux/BSD/Windows 8/10/11
21 AQEMU alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Platforms
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is AQEMU a good alternative to Karton VM?
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
40 likes
Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a free product that delivers enterprise-class virtualization for your datacenter and hybrid cloud.
53 Microsoft Hyper-V Server alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
Is this a good alternative to Karton VM?
Lima
3 likes
Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS, with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd.
57 Lima alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Platforms
Mac
Is Lima a good alternative to Karton VM?
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Parallels Desktop
Virtualization software for running Windows, Linux, and other OSes on Mac. Supports Windows 11 on Apple Silicon, resource adjustments, and seamless app access and file sharing between OS environments.

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oVirt
24 likes
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.
24 oVirt alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Origin
International
Platforms
Linux
Is oVirt a good alternative to Karton VM?
Cycle.io
5 likes
Cycle is the leading LowOps platform built to simplify containers, standardize infrastructure, and automate DevOps. Deploy to your own infrastructure whether it's in the cloud, on-prem, or a mixture of both. The power of Kubernetes, without Kubernetes.
Cost / License
Freemium (Subscription)
Proprietary
Platforms
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Is Cycle.io a good alternative to Karton VM?
Cycle.io is the most popular SaaS alternative to Karton VM.
Cycle.io is Freemium and ProprietaryKarton VM is Free and Open Source
Apache Mesos
20 likes
Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.
31 Apache Mesos alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Is Apache Mesos a good alternative to Karton VM?
Multipass
7 likes
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.
57 Multipass alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
Is Multipass a good alternative to Karton VM?
QEMU Manager
8 likes
Qemu Manager is an easy to use management tool for the open-source QEMU emulator. It has a wealth of features for creating, managing and running multiple virtual machines.
47 QEMU Manager alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Is QEMU Manager a good alternative to Karton VM?
Incus
2 likes
Incus is a modern, secure and powerful system container and virtual machine manager.
10 Incus alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Origin
International
Platforms
Linux
Is Incus a good alternative to Karton VM?
QtEmu
7 likes
QtEmu is a graphical user interface for QEMU.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is QtEmu a good alternative to Karton VM?
Xen Orchestra
18 likes
XO is a web UI providing a simple and nice web interface to manage XCP-ng and Citrix Hypervisor (formerly (XenServer) infrastructure (VM, servers, pools, etc.). It's also a fully feature backup solution for those platforms.
14 Xen Orchestra alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium (Subscription)
Open Source
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Is Xen Orchestra a good alternative to Karton VM?
CheerpX
1 like
CheerpX is an x86 virtualization technology for running executables and operating systems entirely client-side. It’s an always available, zero-cost virtual machine with guaranteed data privacy, powered by a WebAssembly JIT engine.
Cost / License
Free Personal
Open Source
Application type
Virtualization Tool
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Self-Hosted
WebAssembly
Is CheerpX a good alternative to Karton VM?
CheerpX is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Karton VM.
CheerpX is Free Personal and Open SourceKarton VM is Free and Open Source