QEMU vs Portable Virtualbox : Which is Better?

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QEMU

QEMU (short for Quick Emulator) is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization QEMU is a hosted virtual machine monitor. Developed by Fabrice Bellard

License: Open Source

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

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Portable Virtualbox

Portable-VirtualBox is a free and open source software tool that lets you run any operating system from a usb stick without separate installation. Developed by Runar Buvik

License: Open Source

Categories: Network & Admin

Apps available for Windows

QEMU VS Portable Virtualbox Feature comparision

Feature QEMU Portable Virtualbox
Scriptable
Operating system
Portable
User mode emulation
Virtualization
Open VMDK files
Multiple languages
Zalando integration
Support for Android Things
Bundled with macOS
Emulation
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Linux-based
Lightweight
Combined Inbox
Container virtualization
Unified inbox
Run Windows software
Cloud IDE
Web Development
GNU/linux-libre
Web Browsers Based on Chromium
Web Browsers Based on Firefox
Android Sync
Linux
X86-emulation
Hypervisor
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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