virt-manager AlternativesVirtualization Tools and other similar apps like virt-manager

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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.

   73 VirtualBox alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Oracle Solaris

   • United States

   

   

   

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   VirtualBox vs virt-manager Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Jun 9, 2015

   virt-manager is a frontend for KVM and other VM hosts. VirtualBox is a VM host with a built-in frontend

   Negative comment by edortta71 · Dec 18, 2023

   VirtualBox is a virtualizer while virt-manager is a GUI software that helps to administrate virtual machines in libvirt, LXE, etc environments

   Negative comment by Guest · May 13, 2020

   Type 1 vs Type 2 hypervisor

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   • VirtualBox is Free and Open Sourcevirt-manager is also Free and Open Source
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   WinBoat

    91 likes

   Runs Windows applications, individual apps, or full desktops inside Linux with native OS-level integration, sleek interface, advanced filesystem sharing, smartcard passthrough, and resource monitoring while supporting simple installation and ongoing feature updates.

   56 WinBoat alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Compatibility Layer
   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • Romania
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Docker

   • Romania
   • EU

   

   

   

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   UTM

    35 likes

   An open-source QEMU-based host for creating, configuring, and running virtual machines on Macs, iOS, and visionOS. It supports full-system emulation across multiple processor architectures, plus hardware-assisted virtualization and macOS guests on ARM-based Macs.

   63 UTM alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • iPhone
   • iPad
   • visionOS

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Parallels Desktop

   Virtualization software for running Windows, Linux, and other OSes on Mac. Supports Windows 11 on Apple Silicon, resource adjustments, and seamless app access and file sharing between OS environments.

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   Parallels Desktop

    148 likes

   Virtualization software for running Windows, Linux, and other OSes on Mac. Supports Windows 11 on Apple Silicon, resource adjustments, and seamless app access and file sharing between OS environments.

   60 Parallels Desktop alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Virtualization
   • Compatibility Layer

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

   

   

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   VMware Workstation Player

    251 likes

   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.

   44 VMware Workstation Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United States

   

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   Discontinued

   Workstation Player has been pashed out now that VMware Workstation Pro is free for personal use: VMware makes Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use

   VMware Workstation Player vs virt-manager Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Jul 19, 2019

   virt-manager is a frontend for KVM and other VM hosts. VMware Workstation Player is a VM host with a built-in frontend

   Negative comment by edortta71 · Dec 18, 2023

   It's a virtualizer while lib-virt is an opensource GUI fot XEN, libvritd, etc....

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   • VMware Workstation Player is Free Personal and Proprietaryvirt-manager is Free and Open Source
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   Vagrant

    111 likes

   Create and manage virtualized development environments. Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes...

   27 Vagrant alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Source Available

   Application type

   • Virtualization

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • VirtualBox
   • VMware Workstation Pro
   • VMware Fusion
   • FreeBSD

   • United States

   

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   Vagrant vs virt-manager Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Jul 16, 2020

   Vagrant is a configuration management platform, whereas virt-manager is a frontend for managing VMs on QEMU/KVM, Xen, and other hypervisors supported by libvirt.

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   • Vagrant is Free and Source Availablevirt-manager is Free and Open Source
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    SwiftVM

     10 likes

    Native macOS app for running macOS and Linux virtual machines, built with Swift and Apple's Virtualization framework.

    39 SwiftVM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew

    • Germany
    • EU

    

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    Cockpit Project

     44 likes

    Makes it easy to administer Linux servers via a web browser. It allows you to easily perform simple tasks like storage administration, inspecting journals, starting & stopping services, monitoring & administering several servers at once.

    43 Cockpit Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

    Application type

    • Server Management

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Self-Hosted

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Kubernetes

     79 likes

    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

    57 Kubernetes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online

    • United States

    

    

    

    +3

    

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    Boxes

     34 likes

    A simple GNOME application to access virtual systems. It is based on a design from Jon McCann and Jakub Steiner.

    31 Boxes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Origin

    • Czechia
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    • Czechia
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Boxes vs virt-manager Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Apr 26, 2020

    probably the closet software to virt-manager but it's not as feature rich

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    • Boxes is Free and Open Sourcevirt-manager is also Free and Open Source
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    VMPal

     7 likes

    Fast macOS, Windows and Linux virtual machines for Apple Silicon. VMPal downloads and installs each system for you, in minutes, in the VM's own window.

    39 VMPal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • United States

    

    

    

    +1

    

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    Windows Sandbox

     25 likes

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

    63 Windows Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Virtualization

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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