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Xen Project vs XCP-ng: catalog facts
Xen Project	XCP-ng
Free Free and open source, developed under the Linux Foundation.	Free The hypervisor is free and open source. Vates sells support and the prebuilt Xen Orchestra…
Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Type-1 hypervisor with strong isolation between guests Used in servers, embedded and safety-critical systems	No feature is locked behind a licence key Xen Orchestra adds backup, replication and a web console across a pool of hosts
Installed on bare metal, so setup is more involved than desktop VM apps Aimed at infrastructure builders rather than casual users	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
Downloadable app	Self-hosted, Operating system
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
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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