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XCP-ng vs Xen Project: catalog facts
XCP-ng	Xen Project
Free The hypervisor is free and open source. Vates sells support and the prebuilt Xen Orchestra…	Free Free and open source, developed under the Linux Foundation.
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
No feature is locked behind a licence key Xen Orchestra adds backup, replication and a web console across a pool of hosts	Type-1 hypervisor with strong isolation between guests Used in servers, embedded and safety-critical systems
Xen Orchestra's prebuilt appliance is a paid product; the free path is building it from source Hardware compatibility follows Xen, which is narrower than KVM	Installed on bare metal, so setup is more involved than desktop VM apps Aimed at infrastructure builders rather than casual users
Self-hosted, Operating system	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
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 23, 2026

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