QEMU Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to QEMU for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative 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 16 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to QEMU are VMware Workstation Pro, VMware Workstation Player, Windows Sandbox and QEMU Manager.

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  1. VirtualBox icon

    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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    Anipe
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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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    VMware Workstation Pro

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    VMware Workstation Pro Lets You Run Multiple Operating Systems as Virtual Machines (including Windows VMs) on a Single Windows or Linux PC. VMware Workstation Pro is the industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines (VMs) on a single Linux or...

    35 VMware Workstation Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    VMware Workstation Player

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    VMware Workstation Player builds on the industry leading foundation of Workstation Pro, and delivers a streamlined user interface for creating and running operating systems and applications in a virtual machine.

    39 VMware Workstation Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Windows Sandbox icon

    Windows Sandbox

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    a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.

    56 Windows Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Oktay Mercan
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    Easy to use but this is just windows 10 containerization not a complete VM program, soo you don't emulate other OS like linux or mac or other architecture(arm64, powerpc etc..).

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    • Windows Sandbox is Free and ProprietaryQEMU is Free and Open Source
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    VMware vCenter Server

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    Centrally manage your virtual infrastructure with VMware vCenter Server, server management software for your virtual infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
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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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Multipass

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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.

    58 Multipass alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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    RVVM

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    RVVM is a virtual machine / emulator for RISC-V guests, which emphasizes on performance, security, lean code and portability. It already runs a lot of guest operating systems, including Linux, Haiku, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
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    PCE

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    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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    PearPC

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    PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems, like Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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