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SmartOS vs Incus: catalog facts
SmartOS	Incus
Free The SmartOS ISO is free and open source; Triton offers paid private and hosted cloud…	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Runs zones and KVM or bhyve VMs on the same host ZFS and DTrace built in	One manager for containers and virtual machines
Illumos base is less familiar than Linux Cloud management features require Triton on top	The host needs Linux; clients can run on other systems.
Operating system	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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