Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE Plasma



virt-manager is described as 'Desktop interface for managing virtual machines. It supports KVM, Xen, and Linux Containers, providing a summary of performance and resource stats' and is a popular Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to virt-manager for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best virt-manager alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like virt-manager are WinBoat, Parallels Desktop, VMware Workstation Player and Kubernetes.



VirtualBuddy 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.





CheerpX is an x86 virtualization technology for running executables and operating systems entirely client-side. It’s an always available, zero-cost virtual machine with guaranteed data privacy, powered by a WebAssembly JIT engine.

CheerpX is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to virt-manager.
Flockport makes containers simpler. It's a container management engine that provides service discovery, builds, networks, provisioning and an app store.
Nexaa is the easy-to-use-and-cost-friendly 100% European alternative for scaling and deploying containers.




Flint is a modern, self-contained KVM management tool built for developers, sysadmins, and home labs who want zero bloat and maximum efficiency. It was built in a few hours out of a sudden urge for something better.


To recover VHD, VHDX, VDI and VMDK files with the same software, get SysInfo Virtual Recovery Toolkit at affordable prices.

This is a recovery tool, not a management tool.


In the official site it says: This project is active again!