39 open-source Virtualisation & Containers vendors
Open-source software for Virtualisation & Containers that you can self-host, with auditable source code — regardless of the developer's headquarters.
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- 5
- last checked
- 11 October 2026
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Score per vendor: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign
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- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100GardenerGermany · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source Kubernetes-as-a-Service for scalable cluster management, governed by the NeoNephos Foundation (Linux Foundation Europe) since 2025
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Giant SwarmGermany · EU sovereignGerman managed Kubernetes platform for enterprise cloud-native infrastructure
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100HarvesterLuxembourg · Self-hosted / open source · owner in SwedenOpen-source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution by SUSE
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100IncludeOSNorway · Self-hosted / open sourceNorwegian minimal unikernel operating system (Oslo, founded 2015) for C++ cloud services, boots in milliseconds.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100K3sLuxembourg · Self-hosted / open source · owner in SwedenLightweight Kubernetes distribution by SUSE for edge and IoT applications
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100KamajiItaly · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source hosted control planes for Kubernetes, developed by Italian company CLASTIX (Naples).
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100KubermaticGermany · EU sovereignGerman enterprise Kubernetes platform for multi-cloud container management
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Linbit DRBD/LINSTORAustria · Self-hosted / open sourceAustrian open-source distributed block device and storage orchestration for HA virtualization clusters.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100metal-stackGermany · Self-hosted / open sourcemetal-stack: open-source bare-metal cloud stack from the metal-stack project in Munich (Germany), managing physical servers as Metal as a Service.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100OpenNebulaSpain · Self-hosted / open sourceSpanish open-source platform for sovereign cloud and virtualisation infrastructure.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Proxmox VEAustria · Self-hosted / open sourceAustrian open-source virtualisation platform for VMs and containers
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Rancher DesktopLuxembourg · Self-hosted / open source · owner in SwedenOpen-source desktop application from SUSE for running containers and Kubernetes on your own computer, built on Electron.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100SUSE Linux EnterpriseLuxembourg · Self-hosted / open source · owner in SwedenEnterprise Linux distribution by SUSE for servers, cloud and edge computing
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100XCP-ngFrance · Self-hosted / open sourceFrench open-source virtualisation platform based on Xen, alternative to VMware
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Xen OrchestraFrance · Self-hosted / open sourceFrench web-based management platform for XCP-ng and XenServer virtualisation
- Sovereignty score 82 out of 100SUSE RancherLuxembourg · EU sovereign · owner in SwedenEnterprise Kubernetes management platform by SUSE (Luxembourg)
- Sovereignty score 79 out of 100LXDUnited Kingdom · Self-hosted / open sourceUK container-and-VM hypervisor platform from Canonical (maker of Ubuntu).
- Sovereignty score 77 out of 100IncusCanada · Self-hosted / open sourceCommunity-governed fork of LXD (Apache-2.0), created in 2023 after Canonical pulled LXD's governance in-house; sits under the independent Linux Containers project, with infrastructure sponsored by Canada-based Zabbly (project lead Stéphane Graber).
- Sovereignty score 77 out of 100MicroCloudUnited Kingdom · Self-hosted / open sourceMicroCloud is an open-source clustering solution from Canonical that combines LXD, MicroCeph and MicroOVN into a small, self-hostable private cloud cluster.
- Sovereignty score 77 out of 100MicroK8sUnited Kingdom · Self-hosted / open sourceLightweight open-source Kubernetes distribution from Canonical (UK), installed via snap for workstations, edge and production clusters
- Sovereignty score 77 out of 100MultipassUnited Kingdom · Self-hosted / open sourceLightweight tool from Canonical that launches Ubuntu virtual machines on Windows, macOS and Linux; open source (GPL-3.0).
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100Apache CloudStackUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source IaaS platform for cloud orchestration, Apache Software Foundation.
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100bhyveUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceNative Type 2 hypervisor built into the FreeBSD kernel since version 10.0, maintained by the FreeBSD Foundation.
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100FirecrackerUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceUS lightweight microVM monitor from AWS for fast, secure isolation of serverless workloads, boots in 125ms.
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100Kata ContainersUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceSecure, lightweight VM runtime for containers from the OpenStack Foundation, combining container speed with VM isolation for Kubernetes.
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100KubernetesUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source container orchestration (Apache-2.0) under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (Linux Foundation, US); runs on EU infrastructure of your choice.
- Sovereignty score 71 out of 100Oracle VM VirtualBoxUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceUS cross-platform desktop hypervisor by Oracle, core open-source (GPLv3).
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100Cloud HypervisorUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source virtual machine monitor written in Rust for cloud workloads, governed within the Linux Foundation (US).
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100CozystackUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source Kubernetes-based cloud platform that turns bare-metal servers into clusters, databases and VMs. CNCF Sandbox project.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100gVisorUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourcegVisor: open-source application kernel that isolates containers from the host kernel, developed by Google (Mountain View, US) under the Apache-2.0 licence.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100KubeVirtUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceKubeVirt is a CNCF project that extends Kubernetes to run traditional virtual machines alongside containers on the same cluster.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100LimaUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source tool for launching Linux virtual machines locally, with automatic file sharing and port forwarding. CNCF incubating project.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100NanosUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source unikernel from US company NanoVMs, with the OPS tool for running apps as minimal virtual machines.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100oVirtUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceoVirt is an open-source KVM-based virtualization management platform, continuing as a community project as Red Hat winds down its commercial Red Hat Virtualization product.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100PodmanUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source container tool (Apache 2.0) for managing containers, pods and images, with Kubernetes-compatible workflows; governed by LF Projects, LLC.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100QEMUUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source machine emulator and virtualiser under GPL-2.0; no company, a member of the US Software Freedom Conservancy.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100Talos LinuxUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source (MPL-2.0) immutable Linux operating system for Kubernetes, managed through an API without SSH; developed by Sidero Labs (US).
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100vClusterUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source platform for virtual Kubernetes clusters that run inside existing clusters, developed by a US company.
- Sovereignty score 69 out of 100Virt-ManagerUnited States · Self-hosted / open sourceVirt-Manager is a graphical management tool for QEMU/KVM, Xen and LXC virtualization via libvirt, maintained by the Fedora/Red Hat community.
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