lume VM Alternatives

Apps similar to lume VM include VirtualBox, which is free and open source. Other options are QEMU, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), virt-manager and UTM. Virtualization Tools like lume VM are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. VMPal icon
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    Fast macOS, Windows and Linux virtual machines for Apple Silicon. VMPal downloads and installs each system for you, in minutes, in the VM's own window.

    39 VMPal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. Quickemu icon
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    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:

    10 Quickemu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. AQEMU icon
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    AQEMU VM Manager is an open-source (GPL-2.0) Qt GUI for QEMU, actively developed by Chronic Engineering. It bundles QEMU 11 and ships native x64 and ARM64 builds for Windows 11, plus Linux builds. A guided VM wizard includes 195 guest OS profiles across 29 architectures, from...

    31 AQEMU alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Lima icon
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    Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS, with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd.

    67 Lima alternatives

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    • Mac
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  5. 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.

    66 Multipass alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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  6. Incus icon
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    Incus is a modern, secure and powerful system container and virtual machine manager.

    14 Incus alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Cycle.io icon
     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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. oVirt icon
     25 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Bushel icon
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    Need to try out old versions of macOS for your software? Want to try a script or piece of software without breaking your Mac?

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Bushel screenshot 1
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