ACRN Hypervisor
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VisitACRN Hypervisor vs QEMU
What both publish
| Fact | ACRN Hypervisor | QEMU |
|---|---|---|
| License | The source code is provided under the BSD 3-Clause license. | QEMU and its manual are released under GNU General Public License version 2, although some components have specific licenses. |
| Purpose | ACRN is an open source reference hypervisor designed for embedded IoT development. | QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. |
| Security reporting | The project directs people who find a potential ACRN security vulnerability to [email protected]. | QEMU requires potential security issues to be filed as confidential GitLab issues and provides no SLA for responses. |
ACRN Hypervisor plans
- ACRN HypervisorFree
QEMU plans
- QEMUFree
Pick ACRN Hypervisor if…
ACRN suits developers building embedded IoT systems on Intel x86 bare-metal hardware who need to host multiple guest environments. Its CLI management and domain partitioning may also fit teams separating safety-critical and non-safety-critical workloads.
Pick QEMU if…
QEMU suits users who need whole-machine emulation, cross-architecture process execution, or disk-image utilities. It is available across several platforms, with specific Windows and macOS requirements.