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Broadcom has signaled that the free hypervisor is a legacy headache they don't want to support. Their focus is on large subscription customers.

If you’ve been in the homelab or small business IT space for the last decade, you know the drill. Download VMware ESXi, get a free Hypervisor license key, and unlock 99% of the core virtualization features. It was the gold standard for "good enough" enterprise virtualization without the bill. vmware esxi 8 free license

Since the Broadcom acquisition, the process has changed slightly: Broadcom has signaled that the free hypervisor is

Historically, the free license restricted access to the vStorage APIs for Data Protection. This meant third-party backup tools (like Veeam) could not perform agentless, image-level backups. They often required an agent to be installed inside the VM. Download VMware ESXi, get a free Hypervisor license

Let’s be practical. You want to run ESXi 8 for learning or hosting Plex/Home Assistant. You have three options:

If you are building a new homelab today , I have uncomfortable advice: