vagrant-boxes VS packer-windows

Compare vagrant-boxes vs packer-windows and see what are their differences.

vagrant-boxes

The scripts that build my Vagrant base boxes. (by xtangle)
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Windows Templates for Packer: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, also with Docker (by StefanScherer)
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packer-windows

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  • Trying to choose a tool, please share your thoughts
    1 project | /r/sysadmin | 20 Aug 2022
    For Windows related stuff there is a good repo with templates: https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows
  • Unattend.xml Windows 2019 reusable
    2 projects | /r/sysadmin | 18 Feb 2022
    - https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows
  • SSH for Windows
    4 projects | /r/vagrant | 20 Aug 2021
    At the moment I use this vagrant box that is based on Stefan Scherers repo that itself is a fork of Joe Fitzgerald repos (that looks to be a vagrant/ packer legend). The problem is, that Stefan removed SSH completely, while adding some cool new features. So I am currently trying to get SSH back. Here is what I tried:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vagrant-boxes and packer-windows you can also consider the following projects:

bento - Packer templates for building minimal Vagrant baseboxes for multiple platforms

offlineinsiderenroll - OfflineInsiderEnroll - A script to enable access to the Windows Insider Program on machines not signed in with Microsoft Account

HiddenVM - HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace.

robox - The tools needed to robotically create/configure/provision a large number of operating systems, for a variety of hypervisors, using packer.

packer-windoze - Packer templates to create Windows vagrant box images

PopOS-Setup - A script to set up Pop!_OS in the best way possible

sig-windows-dev-tools - This is a batteries included local development environment for Kubernetes on Windows.

vagrant-projects - Vagrant projects for Oracle products and other examples

packer-plugin-windows-update - Packer plugin for installing Windows updates

howtolinux - A Webpage with tips, tricks and guides for Linux. (with Algolia Search)

Force-Windows-11-Install - Modifies Windows 11 installation ISO to bypass compatibility checks both pre and post installation

vagrant-boxes vs bento packer-windows vs offlineinsiderenroll vagrant-boxes vs HiddenVM packer-windows vs bento vagrant-boxes vs robox packer-windows vs packer-windoze vagrant-boxes vs PopOS-Setup packer-windows vs sig-windows-dev-tools vagrant-boxes vs vagrant-projects packer-windows vs packer-plugin-windows-update vagrant-boxes vs howtolinux packer-windows vs Force-Windows-11-Install