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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

6 Best Free and Open Source OS-level Virtualization

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

A container is an operating-system-level virtualization method for running multiple isolated Linux systems. Here’s our recommended open source software.

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Hypervisors

vm-curator – manage desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

vm-curator is a fast and friendly Rust TUI for managing desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines with 3D acceleration.

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Hypervisors

RVVM – RISC-V virtual machine

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

RVVM is a virtual machine / emulator for RISC-V guests, which emphasizes on performance, security, lean code and portability.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

WinBoat – Windows for penguins

December 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI

WinBoat is an Electron app which allows you to run Windows apps on Linux using a containerized approach.

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Hypervisors

6 Best Free and Open Source Type 1 Hypervisors

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article identifies the finest open source Type 1 hypervisors that are available to download.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

12 Useful Free and Open Source Container Managers

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We focus on container managers, software which make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using open containers.

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Hypervisors

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Parallels Desktop

May 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Parallels Desktop is virtualization software that allows users to run Windows, Linux, and other operating systems on their Mac.

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Hypervisors

8 Useful Free and Open Source Virtualization Tools

April 6, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

A type 2 hypervisor, or hosted hypervisor, interacts with the underlying host machine hardware through the host machine’s operating system.

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Hypervisors

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Citrix XenServer

March 8, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

XenServer (previously Citrix Hypervisor) is a hypervisor optimized for the Citrix platform. XenServer is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Hypervisors

VirtualBox – powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

VirtualBox is a family of virtual machine products targeting desktop computers, enterprise servers and embedded systems.

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Hypervisors

QEMU – machine emulator and virtualizer

February 16, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. QEMU can be used in several different ways.

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Hypervisors

Quickgui – virtual machine manager

February 9, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Quickgui is a graphical user interface for the Quickemu virtual machine manager.

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Hypervisors

Cassowary – run Windows virtual machine on Linux

February 8, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Cassowary lets you run a Windows virtual machine and use Windows applications on Linux as if they were native applications.

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Hypervisors

Quickemu – run Linux, macOS, and Windows virtual machines

February 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Quickemu is a wrapper for QEMU that automatically “does the right thing” when creating virtual machines.

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Hypervisors

Boxes – view, access, and manage remote and virtual systems

February 6, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Boxes is a simple GNOME application to view, access, and manage remote and virtual systems.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

containerd – industry-standard container runtime

August 11, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

containerd is an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability.

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Synology Container Manager

Synology Container Manager for Beginners

December 18, 2023 Steve Emms Hardware, NAS, Reviews, Software

Synology Container Manager is a lightweight virtualization application which lets you run thousands of containers.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

Docker – software to create, deploy, and run applications by using containers

November 4, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

LXC – userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features

November 4, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

LXC containers are often considered as something in the middle between a chroot and a full fledged virtual machine.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

Apptainer – open source container platform

November 4, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Apptainer is a container platform optimized for compute focused enterprise and HPC workloads.

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