virt-manager AlternativesVirtualization Tools and other similar apps like virt-manager

virt-manager is described as 'Desktop interface for managing virtual machines. It supports KVM, Xen, and Linux Containers, providing a summary of performance and resource stats' and is a popular Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to virt-manager for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best virt-manager alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like virt-manager are WinBoat, Parallels Desktop, VMware Workstation Player and Vagrant.

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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
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  2. WinBoat icon
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    Runs Windows applications, individual apps, or full desktops inside Linux with native OS-level integration, sleek interface, advanced filesystem sharing, smartcard passthrough, and resource monitoring while supporting simple installation and ongoing feature updates.

    53 WinBoat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Docker
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  3. Virtualization software for running Windows, Linux, and other OSes on Mac. Supports Windows 11 on Apple Silicon, resource adjustments, and seamless app access and file sharing between OS environments.

    57 Parallels Desktop alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. VMware Workstation Player 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.

    41 VMware Workstation Player alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Vagrant icon
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    Create and manage virtualized development environments. Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes...

    25 Vagrant alternatives

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    • Free
    • Source Available

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware Workstation Pro
    • VMware Fusion
    • FreeBSD
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  6. UTM icon
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    UTM is a full featured system emulator and virtual machine host for iOS and macOS. It is based off of QEMU. In short, it allows you to run Windows, Linux, and more on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

    60 UTM alternatives

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
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  7. Cockpit Project icon
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    Makes it easy to administer Linux servers via a web browser. It allows you to easily perform simple tasks like storage administration, inspecting journals, starting & stopping services, monitoring & administering several servers at once.

    39 Cockpit Project alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Boxes icon
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    A simple GNOME application to access virtual systems. It is based on a design from Jon McCann and Jakub Steiner.

    29 Boxes alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  9. Quickemu icon
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    Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands. You decide what operating system you want to run and Quickemu will figure out the best way to do it for you. For example:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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