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The best alternative to VirtualBox is WinBoat, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to VirtualBox and 11 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to VirtualBox are QEMU, Proxmox Virtual Environment, SwiftVM and Boxes.

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  1. WinBoat icon
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    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 type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
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  2. QEMU icon
     314 likes

    QEMU, an open-source hypervisor, performs hardware virtualization, emulates CPUs using dynamic binary translation, and supports various architectures. It runs diverse unmodified guest OS, provides device models, and offers mixed translation modes for efficient execution.

    47 QEMU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete and easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox VE tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single...

    53 Proxmox Virtual Environment alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  4. SwiftVM icon
     9 likes

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

    39 SwiftVM alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  5. Boxes icon
     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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  6. XCP-ng icon
     46 likes

    XCP-ng is a high-performance, enterprise-level hypervisor with a rich ecosystem and is the result of massive cooperation between individuals and companies. All commercial features are enabled with no commitment required to a support agreement.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • NVIDIA vGPU
    • AMD MxGPU
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  7. MobaLiveCD icon
     28 likes

    MobaLiveCD is a freeware that will run your Linux LiveCD on Windows thanks to the excellent emulator called "Qemu".

    23 MobaLiveCD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Karton VM icon
     2 likes

    A Libvirt-based Virtual Machine Manager for KDE.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
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  9. Nemeton icon
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    Nemeton creates and manages Linux and macOS virtual machines directly on your Mac — without Parallels or VMware. Built on Apple's Virtualization.framework for native performance with no overhead. Install Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or Arch Linux with automatic ISO download.

    10 Nemeton alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. The Virtual Environment for secured and comfortable Web Browsing: On the basis of a “Browser-in-the-Box” concept a virtual machine is provided with a reduced operating system and a web browser encapsulated therein.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. FAUMachine icon
     3 likes

    FAUmachine is a virtual machine, similar in many respects to VMWare[tm], QEMU or Virtual PC[tm]. What distinguishes FAUmachine from these other virtual machines, are the following features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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