Lima Alternatives

Lima is described as 'Launches Linux virtual machines on macOS, with automatic file sharing, port forwarding, and containerd' and is a Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Lima for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Lima alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lima are WinBoat, QEMU, Proxmox Virtual Environment and VMware Workstation Pro.

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  1. Vmtek icon
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    VMTek is the Mac virtualization platform you've been waiting for. Run multiple instances and versions of macOS*, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side on your Mac with ease. High performance Mac-native virtualization designed from the ground up to take advantage of...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. QtEmu icon
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    QtEmu is a graphical user interface for QEMU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. PocketVBox icon
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    Just a Portable VirtualBox Pack.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. 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.

    88 R&S Browser in the Box alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. 86Box icon
     4 likes

    86Box is a hypervisor and IBM PC system emulator that specializes in running old operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.

    14 86Box alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Mac
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  6. CheerpX icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • WebAssembly
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  7.  4 likes

    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
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  8. Cassowary icon
     3 likes

    Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native. Use Linux applications to launch files located in Windows VM without needing to install applications on VM. With easy to use configuration GUI. TEST.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. clearVM icon
     17 likes

    clearVM, formerly Witsbits, enables you to set up your servers with virtualization and deploy virtual machines faster than ever before. It’s a complete virtualization solution with a self-upgrading hypervisor and cloud-based centralized management, reducing time spent on...

    36 clearVM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
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  10. Veertu icon
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    Run Windows and Linux on your Mac alongside OS X. Veertu is simple, light, secure virtualization software designed for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11.  5 likes

    PetiteCloud is a HyperVisor frontend for BSD. It has the following features:

    Support for bhyve (including linux support) and QEMU (software emulation only until the FreeBSD port of kqemu is fixed). Any x86 OS as a guest (FreeBSD and Linux via bhyve or QEMU; all others vi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
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