MacMulator Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   PCem

    9 likes

   PCem emulates an IBM 5150 PC, several models of clones and successors, along with various graphics adapters, sound devices, and peripherals.

   10 PCem alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   Bochs

    17 likes

   Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, Bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   • Global

   

   

   

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4. 

   

   Bushel

    1 like

   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

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

   

   

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   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.

   50 QEMU Manager alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

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   bhyve

    11 likes

   bhyve (pronounced "bee hive", formerly written as BHyVe) is a type-2 hypervisor that runs FreeBSD 9+, OpenBSD, Linux and MS Window desktop (versions Vista, 7, 8/8.1/8.2 and 10), as well as MS Windows Server (versions 2008/2008R2, 2012/2012R2 and 2016 Technical Preview...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • BSD
   • FreeBSD

   

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9. 

   

   VirtualBuddy

    2 likes

   VirtualBuddy can virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, with the goal of offering features that are useful to developers who need to test their apps on multiple versions of macOS, especially betas.

   56 VirtualBuddy alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • Brazil

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Brazil

   

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10. 

    

    Citrix Hypervisor

     22 likes

    (formerly XenServer) Citrix Hypervisor is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures.

    44 Citrix Hypervisor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • RadeonPro
    • NVIDIA vGPU
    • AMD MxGPU

    • United States

    

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11. 

    

    OpenVZ

     13 likes

    OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux.

    OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated Linux containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict.

    Each container performs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • United States

    

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    PCE

     5 likes

    PCE is a collection of microcomputer emulators. At the moment it contains three emulators:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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13. 

    

    Karton VM

     2 likes

    A Libvirt-based Virtual Machine Manager for KDE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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14. 

    

    Karton

     4 likes

    Run Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Compatibility Layer

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    

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15. 

    

    v86

     2 likes

    v86 emulates an x86-compatible CPU and hardware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Platforms

    • Online

    

    

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