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Pocket VMs

Pocket VMs

by Alfred E. Neumayer

App

Virtual Machines for your Ubuntu Touch device

Install

About Pocket VMs

Pocket VMs allows you to run x86_64 and aarch64 virtual machines on your Ubuntu Touch devices.

"Best served cold": Please make sure your device supports KVM functionality for the best experience.

In case of boot problems, ensure your distro is EFI compatible and reset firmware & NVRAM settings.

Features:
- A custom build of QEMU
- A native & convergent GUI
- Emulation (x86_64 on aarch64)
- Virtualization (aarch64 on aarch64) using KVM
- Optional OpenGL support
- File sharing support
- Easy to use machine management

Licensed under the GPL v3

Recent Changes

0.10.0:
- Upgrade for 24.04-1.0

Permissions

  • Networking
  • Audio
  • Content Exchange
  • Unrestricted write access to: /dev/kvm
  • Unrestricted write access to: /dev/ptmx
  • Unrestricted write access to: /dev/pts/
  • Unrestricted write access to: /dev/pts/[0-9]*
  • Unrestricted read access to: /dev/kvm
  • Unrestricted read access to: /dev/ptmx
  • Unrestricted read access to: /dev/pts/
  • Unrestricted read access to: /dev/pts/[0-9]*

Community Built

This app has been released under the GNU GPL v3 license. It is developed in the open and you can review the source code.

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Info

  • Published Date

    Nov 29, 2021

  • Updated Date

    Oct 17, 2025

  • Current Version

    0.10.0

  • Total Downloads

    7,034

  • Latest Version Downloads

    633

  • Supported Architectures

    arm64, amd64

  • Translation Languages

    ar, nl

Links

Reviews

Libre Fox

Reviewed Jan 4, 2026 for version 0.10.0

Віртуальні машини не запускаються

Weston Howard

Reviewed Nov 24, 2025 for version 0.10.0

Using on Noble to run FreeBSD VM. Works great!

javi

Reviewed Nov 19, 2025 for version 0.10.0

no work ut 24.04 nothing phone 1

Andrew Pelletier

Reviewed Mar 21, 2023 for version 0.4 (older version)

Doesn't boot any image

jhay

Reviewed Oct 16, 2022 for version 0.4 (older version)

doesnt work it always end up after selecting install on grub menu it always end up on no display

Daniel

Reviewed Apr 4, 2022 for version 0.4 (older version)

really cool concept but a postage stamp sized display and lack of mouse/keyboard support totally killed it being usable

Kugi Eusebio

Reviewed Mar 18, 2022 for version 0.4 (older version)

Never got into a usable state on any pf my devices but I guess they just don't support KVM but I wish the displau can be zoomed in or fill the whole screen. Currently it's too small 😄

xeoniki200

Reviewed Dec 6, 2021 for version 0.4 (older version)

Works fine