Download QEMU

Linux

QEMU is packaged by most Linux distributions:

Arch: pacman -S qemu
Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install qemu
Fedora: dnf install @virtualization
Gentoo: emerge --ask app-emulation/qemu
RHEL/CentOS: yum install qemu-kvm
SUSE: zypper install qemu

macOS

QEMU can be installed from Homebrew:

brew install qemu

QEMU can be installed from MacPorts:

sudo port install qemu

QEMU requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later, but it is recommended to use Mac OS X 10.7 or later.

Windows

Stefan Weil provides binaries and installers for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.

Source code

Grab the source code for the latest releases and compile it yourself! Detailed compilation instructions can be found in the wiki for Linux, Win32 and macOS.

2.12.0 Apr 24th 2018
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2.11.1 Feb 14th 2018
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2.10.2 Dec 18th 2017
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2.9.1 Sep 7 2017
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Full list of releases

or stay on the bleeding edge with the git repository!

Build instructions

To download and build QEMU 2.12.0:

wget https://download.qemu.org/qemu-2.12.0.tar.xz
tar xvJf qemu-2.12.0.tar.xz
cd qemu-2.12.0
./configure
make

To download and build QEMU from git:

git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git
cd qemu
git submodule init
git submodule update --recursive
./configure
make

The latest development happens on the master branch. The stable trees are located in branches named stable-X.YY branch, where X.YY is the release version.