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Quickemu vs UTM: catalog facts
QuickemuUTM
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Freemium

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. A paid Mac App Store listing exists…

Linux, macOS, Command line macOS, iOS
  • quickget downloads the official image and writes the config for you
  • Sensible QEMU options chosen from your actual hardware
  • Hardware-accelerated virtualisation on macOS through Hypervisor.framework
  • Full emulation of more than thirty architectures when you need a different one
  • Command line only
  • Host support is Linux and macOS; there is no Windows host
  • Emulating a different architecture is slow
  • The iOS version needs a jailbreak or a workaround for full speed
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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