Developer(s) | The FreeBSD Project |
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Initial release | 2014 |
Repository | github |
Written in | C |
Operating system | FreeBSD, illumos |
Type | Hypervisor |
License | FreeBSD License |
Website | bhyve |
bhyve (pronounced "bee hive", formerly written as BHyVe for "BSD hypervisor") is a type-2 (hosted) hypervisor initially written for FreeBSD.[1][2][3] It can also be used on a number of illumos based distributions including SmartOS,[4] OpenIndiana, and OmniOS.[5] A port of bhyve to macOS called xhyve is also available.[6]