QEMU is described as 'Open-source hypervisor emulating CPUs via dynamic translation. Supports unmodified guest OS, allows mixed binary translation and native execution' and is a very popular Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to QEMU for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best QEMU alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like QEMU are WinBoat, VMware Workstation Pro, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and Parallels Desktop.
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