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title: Install Guestbay on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Guestbay for on elementary OS - Create and
  run virtual machines
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/guestbay/elementary
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# Install Guestbay on **elementary OS**

# Guestbay

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/guestbay/elementary#install)

#### Create and run virtual machines

Guestbay creates, runs and manages virtual machines on your computer: Windows, Linux and macOS guests, with their
console in the window, snapshots, clones and exports, and access from browsers on your network when you turn it on.

* Linux cloud images start in seconds with your user, SSH key and packages
* Windows 10 and 11 install unattended from Microsoft's ISO, with a TPM for Windows 11
* Older Windows, from Windows 95 to 8.1, installs from your own disc
* Seamless apps: a guest's apps open as windows of their own, and their launchers can sit on your desktop
* Shared folders and copy and paste with each virtual machine
* macOS through OpenCore
* Hardware acceleration with KVM, and forwarded ports with the command to connect

QEMU is included: x86-64, i386, ARM64, ARM, RISC-V 64 and PowerPC 64.

For hardware acceleration, allow Guestbay to use KVM once: sudo snap connect guestbay:kvm

Free to use for 14 days, then a one-time US$29.99 unlock: a licence key for two computers from guestbay.app
(payment through Polar).

Guestbay itself is proprietary software from Ontiqo Pty Ltd. The QEMU inside is free software under the GNU General
Public License, version 2, built from its official source.

### Package name

* guestbay

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### License

* Proprietary AND GPL-2.0-only

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [guestbay.app](https://guestbay.app "https://guestbay.app")

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### Contact

* [guestbay.app](https://guestbay.app/help "https://guestbay.app/help")

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### Report a bug

* [guestbay.app](https://guestbay.app/help "https://guestbay.app/help")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/guestbay/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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[See more information about guestbay ›](https://snapcraft.io/guestbay)

## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Guestbay

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Guestbay

To install Guestbay, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install guestbay
```

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