--- title: VMware Workstation Pro Now Free to Use on Linux & Windows description: VMware has made its professional virtualisation software free to use on Windows, macOS, and Linux for personal use. Users can download VMware Workstation Pro... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vmware-workstation-pro-now-free-to-use-on-linux-windows-qnqkurzf6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: VMware Workstation Pro Now Free to Use on Linux & Windows | daily.dev og:description: VMware has made its professional virtualisation software free to use on Windows, macOS, and Linux for personal use. Users can download VMware Workstation Pro... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vmware-workstation-pro-now-free-to-use-on-linux-windows-qnqkurzf6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qnQkuRZF6.png og:image:alt: VMware Workstation Pro Now Free to Use on Linux & Windows og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # VMware Workstation Pro Now Free to Use on Linux & Windows **[omg\! ubuntu\!](https://daily.dev/sources/omgub)** · 2 min read · 13 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary VMware has made its professional virtualisation software free to use on Windows, macOS, and Linux for personal use. Users can download VMware Workstation Pro 17 for Linux by signing up for a Broadcom account and following the installation process. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@andressoto589** · 0 upvotes > This are great news, although virtualbox is a nice tool, in my opinion vmware has better performance and some advance features that come handy from time to time. **@magicmike** · 0 upvotes > The download does not work, you are ushered to some Broadcom website nonsense that makes no sense. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#vmware](https://daily.dev/tags/vmware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vmware-workstation-pro-now-free-to-use-on-linux-windows-qnqkurzf6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"VMware Workstation Pro Now Free to Use on Linux & Windows","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vmware-workstation-pro-now-free-to-use-on-linux-windows-qnqkurzf6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vmware-workstation-pro-now-free-to-use-on-linux-windows-qnqkurzf6"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T23:00:42.657Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T23:00:42.315Z","description":"VMware has made its professional virtualisation software free to use on Windows, macOS, and Linux for personal use. 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