winapps VS vgpu_unlock

Compare winapps vs vgpu_unlock and see what are their differences.

winapps

Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. (by Fmstrat)

vgpu_unlock

Unlock vGPU functionality for consumer grade GPUs. (by DualCoder)
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winapps vgpu_unlock
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7,884 4,264
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0.0 0.0
12 months ago about 1 year ago
Shell C
- MIT License
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winapps

Posts with mentions or reviews of winapps. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-09.

vgpu_unlock

Posts with mentions or reviews of vgpu_unlock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-12.
  • Tinygrad: Hacked 4090 driver to enable P2P
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Apr 2024
    This isn’t even the first time a hacked driver has been used to unlock some HW feature - https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock
  • Is there specific hardware to make passthrough GPU easier?
    1 project | /r/Proxmox | 27 May 2023
    Alternatively enable vGPU for the 2070 and use it for both Jellyfin LXC and Windows VM. https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock
  • GPU virtualization?
    3 projects | /r/kvm | 20 May 2023
    I'm on Linux and I'm running a 3070 Ti (Nvidia). I have always wanted to do GPU virtualization but because NVIDIA won't release vGPU for consumer card no one can do it without crossing legal red tape or problems with bricking your GPU. I did find this [https://github.com/jamesstringerparsec/Easy-GPU-PV] however it is only for windows, I found this [https://github.com/Arc-Compute/LibVF.IO/] and does not work with my GPU, and this [https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock] and can't get it to work. Done any one know an alternative on Linux that work just like this, overcoming these problems (on KVM)?
  • GPU pass-through/Sharing between multiple VMs
    1 project | /r/VFIO | 6 May 2023
    Otherwise, your only other option is the real hardware virtualization options that are available. NVIDIA's enterprise vGPU solution is for expensive compute cards however some have had good luck making vGPUs work on consumer NVIDIA cards with tools such as vgpu_unlock
  • SR-IOV with RTX 3090 Ti
    1 project | /r/Proxmox | 18 Apr 2023
    There was a hack to enable it on some consumer cards, but it’s not available on Ampere/30x0 cards: https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock/issues/8
  • Gaming PC for Proxmox
    1 project | /r/Proxmox | 12 Apr 2023
  • GPU virtualization, RTX 3000, Nvidia, and KVM?
    1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 7 Apr 2023
  • Hi, I need help building my VMware home-lab environment
    1 project | /r/vmware | 31 Mar 2023
  • cheap gpu for virtualization and stable diffusion
    1 project | /r/servers | 6 Mar 2023
  • GPU Passthrough
    4 projects | /r/Proxmox_BR | 29 Jan 2023
    Pci passthrough https://github.com/mbilker/vgpu_unlock-rs https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock/issues/91 https://gitlab.com/polloloco/vgpu-proxmox https://github.com/joeknock90/Single-GPU-Passthrough https://gitlab.com/YuriAlek/vfio#start-here https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/b5xpua/the_ultimate_beginners_guide_to_gpu_passthrough/ https://forum.level1techs.com/t/single-gpu-passthrough-with-proxmox/113282/2 https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/problem-with-gpu-passthrough.55918/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing winapps and vgpu_unlock you can also consider the following projects:

wine

Easy-GPU-PV - A Project dedicated to making GPU Partitioning on Windows easier!

cassowary - Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native, Use linux applications to launch files files located in windows vm without needing to install applications on vm. With easy to use configuration GUI

nvidia-patch - This patch removes restriction on maximum number of simultaneous NVENC video encoding sessions imposed by Nvidia to consumer-grade GPUs.

ArchWSL - ArchLinux based WSL Distribution. Supports multiple install.

LibVF.IO - A vendor neutral GPU multiplexing tool driven by VFIO & YAML.

Awesome-Linux-Software - 🐧 A list of awesome Linux softwares

OSX-KVM - Run macOS on QEMU/KVM. With OpenCore + Monterey + Ventura + Sonoma support now! Only commercial (paid) support is available now to avoid spammy issues. No Mac system is required.

lutris - Lutris desktop client

vgpu_unlock-rs - Unlock vGPU functionality for consumer grade GPUs

waydroid - Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.

vga-passthrough - Up to date (2021) reference for setting up a VGA passthrough on (Ubuntu) Linux.