Free Parallels Desktop Alternatives
The best free alternative to Parallels Desktop is VirtualBox, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Parallels Desktop and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Parallels Desktop are Wine, WinBoat, QEMU and VMware Workstation Pro.
Alternatives list
39 Portable Virtualbox alternativesPortable-VirtualBox is a free and open source software tool that lets you run any operating system from a usb stick without separate installation. It unpacks and adjusts the paths and configuration of VirtualBox so it will run portably.
38 WinApps alternativesRun Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.
23 AQEMU alternativesCross-platform GUI virtual machine manager using QEMU as backend. Support Linux/BSD/Windows 8/10/11
Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Linux
- AppImageHub
- Arch Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
59 Multipass alternativesMultipass 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Flathub
- Fedora
- Nix Package Manager
- Wine
- Flatpak
- Vala
- Proton
46 MiceWine alternativesMiceWine is a project that aims to run Windows applications and games on Android smartphones.
52 VirtualBuddy alternativesVirtualBuddy 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.
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