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Vagrant vs Multipass: catalog facts
Vagrant	Multipass
Free Free to download and use. The source is available under the Business Source License, which…	Free Free and open source under the GPL, published by Canonical.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
One file reproduces an identical development machine for everyone Works across VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V, libvirt and Docker providers	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
Source is under the Business Source License with use restrictions, not open source Still needs a hypervisor installed and enough memory for real machines	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
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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