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Multipass vs Quickgui: catalog facts
Multipass	Quickgui
Free Free and open source under the GPL, published by Canonical.	Free Free to download and use.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux
One command for a fresh Ubuntu VM, with images fetched and kept updated for you Uses the native hypervisor on each platform for minimal overhead	Downloads operating system images and creates VMs from a list Graphical control over Quickemu virtual machines
Ubuntu-focused; other distributions are not the use case The Homebrew cask is community-maintained and not officially supported	Depends on Quickemu and QEMU being installed No Windows version
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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