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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Boxes

QEMU virt-manager UTM oVirt bochs Xen Vagrant OpenStack Multipass XCP-ng

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Boxes are QEMU, virt-manager, and UTM. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. 1
    QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Virtualization #Cloud Computing #Virtual Machine Management 3 social mentions

  2. The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Virtual Machine Management #Virtualization Platform 64 social mentions

  3. 3

    UTM

    Run virtual machines on iOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Virtualization #Cloud Computing #Apple 83 social mentions

  4. 4
    oVirt is a virtualization management application.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Virtualization Platform #Virtual Machine Management #Cloud Computing 3 social mentions

  5. 5
    Bochs IA-32 Emulator provides a virtual PC that can run operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and BSD.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Virtualization #Virtual Machine Management 6 social mentions

  6. 6

    Xen

    Xen Project: Open Source Hypervisor, High Performance Clouds, Free Software, Open Source Virtualization, Open Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Mobile Virtualization, Embedded Virtualization.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Virtualization #Cloud Computing #Virtual Machine Management 10 social mentions

  7. Tool for building and maintaining portable virtual development environments.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Virtual Machine Management #IT Automation #Development Tools 4 social mentions

  8. OpenStack software controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, managed through a dashboard or via the OpenStack API.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Cloud Infrastructure #VPS 2 social mentions

  9. Multipass provides a command line interface to launch, manage and generally fiddle about with instances of Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Group Chat & Notifications #Virtualization Platform 86 social mentions

  10. 10
    A fully open source and community backed alternative, with all current commercial features enabled...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Virtual Machine Management #Virtualization Platform 37 social mentions

  11. 11
    Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Gaming #Group Chat & Notifications #Game Managers

  12. A complete web UI for controlling a XenServer or Xen infrastructure.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Virtualization Platform #IT Automation 3 social mentions

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