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Incus vs SmartOS: catalog facts
Incus	SmartOS
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Free The SmartOS ISO is free and open source; Triton offers paid private and hosted cloud…
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
One manager for containers and virtual machines	Runs zones and KVM or bhyve VMs on the same host ZFS and DTrace built in
The host needs Linux; clients can run on other systems.	Illumos base is less familiar than Linux Cloud management features require Triton on top
Downloadable app	Operating system
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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