virt-manager Alternatives for Mac

virt-manager is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac 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 virt-manager and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to virt-manager are Parallels Desktop, UTM, Vagrant and Quickemu.

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  1. VirtualBox icon

    VirtualBox

     2937 likes

    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.

    65 VirtualBox alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
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    Comments about VirtualBox as an Alternative to virt-manager
    Guest
    Negative
    20

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    edortta71
    Negative
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Type 1 vs Type 2 hypervisor

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • VirtualBox is Free and Open Sourcevirt-manager is also Free and Open Source
  2. Parallels Desktop icon

    Parallels Desktop

     145 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.

    58 Parallels Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. UTM icon

    UTM

     26 likes

    UTM is a full featured system emulator and virtual machine host for iOS and macOS. It is based off of QEMU. In short, it allows you to run Windows, Linux, and more on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

    59 UTM alternatives

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
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  6. Vagrant icon

    Vagrant

     107 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...

    22 Vagrant alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware Workstation Pro
    • VMware Fusion
    • FreeBSD
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    Comments about Vagrant as an Alternative to virt-manager
    Guest
    Negative
    4

    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Vagrant is Free and Open Sourcevirt-manager is also Free and Open Source
  7. Quickemu icon

    Quickemu

     10 likes

    Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands. You decide what operating system you want to run and Quickemu will figure out the best way to do it for you. For example:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Comments about Quickemu as an Alternative to virt-manager
    Kris Regina
    0

    Great on Linux, But I'm not sure about how it runs on macOS. Unfortunately, it is not available for Windows.

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    • Quickemu is Free and Open Sourcevirt-manager is also Free and Open Source
  8. Lima icon

    Lima

     3 likes

    Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS, with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Multipass icon

    Multipass

     7 likes

    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.

    59 Multipass alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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  11. Apache Mesos icon

    Apache Mesos

     20 likes

    Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. lume VM icon

    lume VM

     2 likes

    A lightweight CLI and local API server to create, run and manage macOS and Linux virtual machines (VMs) natively on Apple Silicon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Python
    • Apple Swift
    • Homebrew
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    VirtualBuddy

     1 like

    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.

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    • Mac
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    JavaQemu

     4 likes

    JavaQemu is a Graphical User Interface Front End for QEMU, written in Java.

    22 JavaQemu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about JavaQemu as an Alternative to virt-manager
    Guest
    Positive
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • JavaQemu is Free and Open Sourcevirt-manager is also Free and Open Source
  15. MacMulator icon

    MacMulator

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    MacMulator is the computer emulator for your Mac! It engages the power of Qemu, together with a nice, easy to use UI, to let you create any kind of Virtual Machines in a few clicks. Whatever OS you need to run on your Mac, MacMulator is the tool for you!.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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