# XCP-ng

9 Hacker News commenters recommended XCP-ng and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free open-source virtualization platform that people recommend for home and small business servers because it is a complete, production-quality package. The most common caveat is that its web management portal needs Xen Orchestra installed as a separate VM.

## Why people recommend it

- Complete, production-quality virtualization platform (4 comments): "still the most attractive system on the market for home / small business use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49081639)) "I do also fully agree that XCP-ng is the most attractive for small projects." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111836)) "I like it because it is not a bag of parts. Everything is included." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041873))

## What people warn about

- Web portal needs separate Xen Orchestra VM (1 comments): "The web management portal requires Xen Orchestra and needs to be installed as a seperate VM which can be irritating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46154550))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Proxmox VE](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-ve.md): 208 recommend
- [Incus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/incus.md): 90 recommend
- [KVM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kvm.md): 32 recommend
- [bhyve hypervisor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bhyve.md): 17 recommend
- [Sylve](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sylve.md): 17 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "XCP-ng", https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcp-ng/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).