QEMU Alternatives

QEMU is described as 'Open-source hypervisor emulating CPUs via dynamic translation. Supports unmodified guest OS, allows mixed binary translation and native execution' and is a very popular Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to QEMU for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best QEMU alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like QEMU are WinBoat, VMware Workstation Pro, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and Parallels Desktop.

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  1. 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.

    55 VirtualBuddy alternatives

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    • Mac
     
  2. clearVM icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Bochs icon
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    Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently, Bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486...

    40 Bochs alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. PocketVBox icon
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    Just a Portable VirtualBox Pack.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. PCE icon
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    PCE is a collection of microcomputer emulators. At the moment it contains three emulators:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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.

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    • Linux
     
  7. PearPC icon
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    PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems, like Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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

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    • Self-Hosted
    • WebAssembly
     
  9. 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.

    50 ManageIQ alternatives

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    Platforms

    • 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
     
  10. Boot Camp icon
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    Boot Camp is a utility by that assists users in installing Windows 10 on Macs. Boot Camp guides users through non-destructive re-partitioning (including resizing of an existing APFS partition, if necessary) of their hard disk drive and automatically downloads Apple-provided...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. 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
     
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