Backed by Oracle, VirtualBox delivers professional-grade virtualization capabilities while remaining completely free and open-source. It supports a wide range of host and guest systems, including Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, and more.
💡 A cross-platform, feature-rich virtual machine tool trusted by developers, sysadmins, and power users worldwide.
🚀 Key Features of VirtualBox
- 🧩 Modularity
Built on a modular client/server architecture, VirtualBox can be controlled from the GUI, CLI, or remotely—making it ideal for both desktop and server environments. - 🔄 XML-Based Machine Descriptions
All VM configuration files are stored in portable, human-readable XML format—making it easy to transfer VMs across systems. - 🌐 Cross-Platform Compatibility
Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris with support for guest OSes such as Windows (NT to 11), Linux (2.4 to 6.x), BSD, Solaris, DOS, and more. - 📦 Developer-Ready
Comes with a complete Software Development Kit (SDK), enabling developers to build custom tools and integrations without modifying the core source code. - 🔐 Secure and Isolated Environments
Create isolated test environments for software development, penetration testing, or operating system experimentation without affecting your host machine.
🆕 What’s New in VirtualBox 7.1.12
🐞 Bug Fixes & Enhancements
- 🧠 VMM: Resolved Guru Meditation crash during nested virtualization.
- 🌐 NAT: Fixed VM startup failures with long names (GitHub: GH-16).
- 🐧 Linux Host: Fixed kernel panic issue when using bridged networking with
ixgbedrivers on modern kernels. - 🪟 Windows Host: Fixed BSOD upon closing the GUI after uninstall (GitHub: GH-38).
- 🔧 Windows Host: Improved driver installation and AVX/AVX2 support in Hyper-V environments (GitHub: GH-36).
- 📽️ Recording: Resolved issue where enabling recording prevented Windows guests from starting (bug #22363).
🐧 Linux Support Improvements
- Host & Guest compatibility updated for Linux kernel 6.16.
- Guest Additions now properly handle kernel 3.10 and 2.6 series.
- Fixed incorrect status in
rcvboxadd status-kernel. - Resolved VBoxClient startup failures and incorrect
udevwarnings in older kernels.
📥 Download VirtualBox
- Version: 7.1.12
- License: Open Source
- Download: VirtualBox 7.1.12 – 119.0 MB | Extension Pack – 21.9 MB
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Whether you're running legacy systems, testing software, or building isolated environments, VirtualBox is a flexible and reliable solution trusted by millions worldwide.