Open Source XCP-ng AlternativesVirtualization Tools and other similar apps like XCP-ng

The best open source alternative to XCP-ng is VirtualBox. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to XCP-ng and 18 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to XCP-ng are Proxmox Virtual Environment, OpenStack, Xen and Citrix Hypervisor.

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  1. VirtualBox icon
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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.

    70 VirtualBox alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
     
  2. 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...

    49 Proxmox Virtual Environment alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. OpenStack icon
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    OpenStack OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds. The project aims to deliver solutions for all types of clouds by being simple to implement...

    80 OpenStack alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Xen icon
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    Xen.org, home of the Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization. It is a native (bare-metal) hypervisor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  5. (formerly XenServer) Citrix Hypervisor is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures.

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • RadeonPro
    • NVIDIA vGPU
    • AMD MxGPU
     
  6. oVirt icon
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    oVirt is a virtualization management application. That means that you can use the oVirt management interface ( the oVirt engine) to manage hardware nodes, storage and network resources, and to deploy and monitor virtual machines running in your data center.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  7. MicroCloud icon
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    Straightforward and lightweight, but featureful. MicroClouds serve compute near consumers, wherever they may be.

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. ManageIQ icon
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    Discover, optimize, and control your hybrid IT. Manage containers, virtual machines, networks, and storage from a single platform.

    Continuous Discovery

    Connect ManageIQ to your virtualization, container, network, and storage management systems, where it will discover inventory.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Vagrant
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Kubernetes
    • Microsoft Azure
    • OpenShift
    • OpenStack
    • QEMU
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • VMware vSphere
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
     
  9. Lima icon
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    Lima launches Linux virtual machines on macOS, with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd.

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    • Mac
     
  10. Multipass icon
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    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.

    63 Multipass alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
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