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

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