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Bhyve

bhyve (pronounced "bee hive", formerly written as BHyVe for "BSD hypervisor") is a type-2 (hosted) hypervisor initially written for FreeBSD. It can also be used on a number of illumos based distributions including SmartOS, OpenIndiana, and OmniOS. A port of bhyve to macOS called xhyve is also available.

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Features

OpenBSDNetBSDLinuxDragonFlyWindows NT
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Applications

DockerIohyveVm-bhyveBVCPFreeNAS
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Other distributions

ClonOSMyBeeMidnightBSD
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HypervisorFreeBSDIllumosSmartOSOpenIndiana
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Developer
The FreeBSD Project
License
FreeBSD License
Operating system
FreeBSD, illumos
Release
2014; 12 years ago (2014)
Repository
github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/usr.sbin/bhyve
Type
Hypervisor

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Bhyve

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples48
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Bhyve

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related to Features · 21
Bhyve → AHCI/PCI Passthrough, Current, DragonFly, FreeBSD, High Definition Audio Controllers, Host Controller Interface, Linux, NetBSD, NVM Express, NVMe, OpenBSD, Support, UEFI, USB, Video Output, VirtIO, VNC, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Server
related to Other distributions · 9
Bhyve → API, ClonOS, FreeBSD-based, Illumos-based, MidnightBSD, MyBee, SmartOS, Solaris, VMs
has application · 8
Bhyve → BVCP, Docker, FreeBSD, FreeNAS, HyperKit, Hypervisor, It, VMs
related to External links · 2
Bhyve → FreeBSD, FreeBSD System Manager's Manualbhyve
Developer · 1
Bhyve → The FreeBSD Project
License · 1
Bhyve → FreeBSD License
Operating system · 1
Bhyve → FreeBSD, illumos
Release · 1
Bhyve → 2014; 12 years ago (2014)
Repository · 1
Bhyve → github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/usr.sbin/bhyve
Type · 1
Bhyve → Hypervisor

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freebsd also illumos hypervisor operating virtual support interface uses virtio distributions smartos macos system written supports managing vms distribution based

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BhyveDeveloperThe FreeBSD Project1.00infobox
BhyveLicenseFreeBSD License1.00infobox
BhyveOperating systemFreeBSD, illumos1.00infobox
BhyveRelease2014; 12 years ago (2014)1.00infobox
BhyveRepositorygithub.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/usr.sbin/bhyve1.00infobox
BhyveTypeHypervisor1.00infobox
BhyveWebsitebhyve.org1.00infobox
BhyveWritten inC1.00infobox
Bhyvehas applicationDocker0.60section
Bhyvehas applicationHyperKit0.60section
Bhyvehas applicationIt0.60section
Bhyvehas applicationHypervisor0.60section

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