QEMU Alternatives Filtered by 'Portable'

The best alternative to QEMU is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to QEMU and four of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to QEMU are KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Portable Virtualbox and PocketVBox.

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    VirtualBox

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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.

    64 VirtualBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
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    Slower and older, though a good emulator still this one is better

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    • Almost everyone thinks VirtualBox is a great QEMU alternative.

    • VirtualBox is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to QEMU.

    • VirtualBox is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to QEMU.

    • VirtualBox is Free and Open SourceQEMU is also Free and Open Source
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    KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)

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    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.

    40 KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
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    • Most users think KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a great QEMU alternative.

    • KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is the most popular Android alternative to QEMU.

    • KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is Free and Open SourceQEMU is also Free and Open Source
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    Portable Virtualbox

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    Portable-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 Portable Virtualbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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