VMware Workstation Player Alternatives

VMware Workstation Player is described as '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' and is a very popular Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to VMware Workstation Player for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best VMware Workstation Player alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VMware Workstation Player are WinBoat, QEMU, VMware Workstation Pro and KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine).

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VMware Workstation Player alternatives are mainly Virtualization Tools, but if you're looking for Compatibility Layer Tools or Web Browsers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Open Source, Free and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to VMware Workstation Player.
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    VMLite Workstation is a virtualization component, that allows you to run more than one operating system (OS) at the same time on a single physical computer. For example, you can simultaneously run Windows XP on a PC that is already running Windows 7.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Hysolate icon
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    An isolated workspace for high-risk user activities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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.

    53 CheerpX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • WebAssembly
     
    • CheerpX is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to VMware Workstation Player.

    • CheerpX is Free Personal and Open SourceVMware Workstation Player is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Xvisor® is an open-source type-1 hypervisor, which aims at providing a monolithic, light-weight, portable, and flexible virtualization solution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    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
     
  6. Karton VM icon
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    A Libvirt-based Virtual Machine Manager for KDE.

    33 Karton VM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
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    JavaQemu is a Graphical User Interface Front End for QEMU, written in Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. VirtualBuddy icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Cassowary icon
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    Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native. Use Linux applications to launch files located in Windows WM without needing to install applications on WM. With easy to use configuration GUI. TEST.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. lume VM icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Python
    • Apple Swift
    • Homebrew
     
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    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.

    91 R&S Browser in the Box alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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