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QEMUQuickemu
Free

Free and open source, with no paid edition.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Linux, macOS, Command line
  • Emulates whole machines across processor architectures, not just same-architecture VMs
  • Near native performance when paired with KVM or Xen
  • quickget downloads the official image and writes the config for you
  • Sensible QEMU options chosen from your actual hardware
  • Raw QEMU is a command line tool with a large and unfriendly option surface
  • Cross-architecture emulation is far slower than virtualisation on matching hardware
  • Command line only
  • Host support is Linux and macOS; there is no Windows host
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: MIT
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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