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Incus vs libvirt: catalog facts
Incus	libvirt
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Free Free and released under open source licenses.
Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
One manager for containers and virtual machines	One management layer for many hypervisors Documented XML formats for domains, networks and storage
The host needs Linux; clients can run on other systems.	Mainly an API and daemon; a graphical manager is a separate program XML configuration takes time to learn
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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