Virtualization tools: Virtuozzo Server, Hyper-V Manager, Multipass for Ubuntu VMs and UTM for macOS.
Free, open-source QEMU-based virtual machine host for Mac, iPhone and iPad: runs Windows 11 ARM, Linux and legacy systems, fast on Apple silicon. Apache-2.0. There is no Windows version; on Windows use VirtualBox, VMware Workstation or QEMU.
Bare-metal virtualization platform for hosting providers: OpenVZ-based system containers and KVM virtual machines on one node, with backups, storage and rebootless kernel patches. Commercial, licensed per server; OpenVZ is its free relative.
Hyper-V Manager: Native Virtualization for Windows-Based Infrastructure What Is It? Hyper-V Manager is the official management console for Microsoft’s native hypervisor, built into Windows Server and optional on Windows 10/11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. Unlike third-party hypervisors, Hyper-V is tightly integrated with the Windows kernel, offering high performance and strong isolation — without relying on external drivers or user-mode hacks.
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Canonical’s free, open-source (GPL-3.0) tool for launching Ubuntu VMs in one command on Windows, macOS and Linux. It supports cloud-init, snapshots, mounts and bridged networking, and suits disposable test servers and labs.
