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

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