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Xen

Xen (pronounced /ˈzɛn/) is a free and open-source type-1 hypervisor, providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently. It was originally developed by the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and is now being developed by the Linux Foundation with support from Intel, Citrix, Arm…

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Developers
Linux Foundation Intel
License
GPLv2
Original authors
Keir Fraser, Steven Hand, Ian Pratt, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
Platform
x86 · ARM · RISC-V · PowerPC
Release
October 2, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-10-02)
Repository
xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git

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Management

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Xen

Nodes113
Edges112
Triples149
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
Components1

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Xen

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related to history · 26
Xen → According, Anil Madhavapeddy, April, ARM CPU, Cambridge, CEO Nick Gault, Computer Laboratory, Fraser, Ian Pratt, IBM TJ Watson, IoT, June, Keir Fraser, Linux Kernels, PhD, Pratt, Samsung Electronics, Sang-bum Suh, Secure Xen ARM, Simon Crosby
related to Commercial versions · 15
Xen → Citrix XenServer, CorporationVirtual Iron, Crucible, Formerly Citrix Hypervisor, GNU General Public Licence, However, Huawei FusionSphereOracle VM Server, Linux Foundation, Open Source, Oracle, Star Lab Corp, The Xen, XCP-ng, Xen Project, XenServer
related to Uses · 15
Xen → Amazon EC2, August, Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform, HP, IBM, IBM SoftLayer, Internet, Linode, Liquid Web, November, OrionVM, Rackspace Cloud, Server, Virtual, VM
related to Management · 13
Xen → Citrix Hypervisor, CloudStack, Examples, Hypervisor/Compute, HypervisorNovell's PlateSpin Orchestrate, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, The OpenNebula, Third-party, VM, XCP-ng, Xen Management Consoles, Xen Orchestra, YaST
related to Availability · 12
Xen → ARM, Cortex-A15, Cortex-A9, Currently, IA-32, IA-64, Intel, MIPS, The Xen, XenARM, XenPPC, XLP832
related to Features · 12
Xen → Administrators, CPUs, During, GB, HVM, LAN, PV, RAM, Similar, TB, The, VCPUs
related to Guests · 12
Xen → Bell Labs, Guest, LinuxFreeBSD, Most, NetBSDMINIXGNU Hurd, OpenBSD, PCs, Plan, PVHVM, The, Xen HVM, Xen-branch
related to Types of virtualization · 8
Xen → Fully, Guest, HVM, IO, PV, PVH, PVHVM, Virtualization-aware Guest
see also · 7
Xen → CloudStackKernel-based Virtual Machine, ESXiQubes OS, Free, KVM, Linux, OpenStackVirtual, TXT-based
related to Hosts · 6
Xen → Alternatively, Citrix Hypervisor, Citrix XenServer, XCP-ng, XenServer, XenSource's XenEnterprise

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virtualization linux hypervisor project hardware systems virtual operating citrix system hvm arm intel guests guest paravirtualized host support version software

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
XenDevelopersLinux Foundation Intel1.00infobox
XenLicenseGPLv21.00infobox
XenOriginal authorsKeir Fraser, Steven Hand, Ian Pratt, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory1.00infobox
XenPlatformx861.00infobox
XenPlatformARM1.00infobox
XenPlatformRISC-V1.00infobox
XenPlatformPowerPC1.00infobox
XenReleaseOctober 2, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-10-02)1.00infobox
XenRepositoryxenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git1.00infobox
XenStable release4.21 / 19 November 2025; 9 months ago (19 November 2025)1.00infobox
XenTypeHypervisor1.00infobox
XenWebsitexenproject.org1.00infobox
XenWritten inC1.00infobox

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