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UTM vs Multipass: catalog facts
UTM	Multipass
Freemium Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. A paid Mac App Store listing exists…	Free Free and open source under the GPL, published by Canonical.
macOS, iOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Hardware-accelerated virtualisation on macOS through Hypervisor.framework Full emulation of more than thirty architectures when you need a different one	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
Emulating a different architecture is slow The iOS version needs a jailbreak or a workaround for full speed	Ubuntu-focused; other distributions are not the use case The Homebrew cask is community-maintained and not officially supported
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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