VMware Workstation Player

VMware Workstation Player
Developer(s)VMware
Initial releaseDecember 12, 2005
Stable release
17.5.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 27 February 2024 (27 February 2024)
Written inC, C++
Operating systemWindows, Linux
Platformx86-64 only
TypeHypervisor
LicenseFreemium[2]
Websitewww.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html

VMware Workstation Player, formerly VMware Player, is a virtualization software package for x64 computers running Microsoft Windows or Linux, supplied free of charge by VMware, Inc.[3] VMware Player can run existing virtual appliances and create its own virtual machines (which require that an operating system be installed to be functional). It uses the same virtualization core as VMware Workstation, a similar program with more features, which is not free of charge. VMware Player is available for personal non-commercial use,[4] or for distribution or other use by written agreement.[5] VMware, Inc. does not formally support Player, but there is an active community website for discussing and resolving issues,[6] as well as a knowledge base.[7]

The free VMware Player was distinct from VMware Workstation until Player v7, Workstation v11. In 2015 the two packages were combined as VMware Workstation 12, with a free for non-commercial use Player version which, on purchase of a license code, either became the higher-specification VMware Workstation Pro,[8][9] or allowed commercial use of Player.

  1. ^ "VMware Workstation 17.5.1 Player Release Notes". 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ "FAQs". VMware Player home page. VMware. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ^ "VMware Player – The Easiest Way to Run a Virtual Machine". 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Archived version; the page as of 2016 is about VMware Workstation Player
  4. ^ "VMware Workstation Player FAQs: Create and run virtual machines". VMWare.
  5. ^ "VMware Player 4.0 EULA". VMware. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference community was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Knowledge Base". Kb.vmware.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  8. ^ "free". My.vmware.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  9. ^ "VMware Workstation: Multiple Operating Systems Linux, Windows 8 & More". Vmware.com. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2016-08-27.

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