bhyve

About

bhyve (pronounced "bee hive", formerly BHyVe) is a free and open-source type-2 hypervisor project, primarily running on BSD and FreeBSD platforms, but also supporting OpenBSD, Linux, and various Microsoft Windows desktop (Vista, 7, 8/8.1/8.2, 10) and server (2008/2008R2, 2012/2012R2, 2016 Technical Preview) operating systems. As a core feature, it provides hypervisor capabilities and allows users to suggest and vote on new features. It is positioned as an alternative to various virtualization solutions including Proxmox Virtual Environment, VMware vSphere Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, MatterV, CheerpX, Vmtek, VirtualBuddy, Cassowary, Lima, Collax V-Bien, Multipass, UTM, Windows Sandbox, xhypervisor, and XPC-ng. While specific revenue, leadership, founding history, and employee count are not available for the bhyve project itself, its open-source nature and broad compatibility highlight its role in the virtual machine ecosystem.