winget install --id Canonical.MultipassAbout Multipass
Multipass is a lightweight VM manager for Linux, Windows and macOS. It's designed for developers who want a fresh Ubuntu environment with a single command. It uses KVM on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows and HyperKit on macOS to run the VM with minimal overhead. It can also use VirtualBox on Windows and macOS. Multipass will fetch images for you and keep them up to date.
What's new in 1.16.2
This Multipass 1.16.2 patch release fixes usage on the latest macOS 26, supports the new LXD backend, fixes backend issues in QEMU and HyperV, and improves process handling in Linux. Bug fixes - Fix Qt object lifetime during VM creation (#4772) - Make image pruning resilient when last_used_at is missing and avoid timestamp overflow (#4336) - Fix MacOS Tahoe 26 subnet collision in vmnet (#4383) - Fix transition of suspended instances on change of snap revision (#4708) - Refresh management IP on VM reboot in Windows (#4207) - Allow signal propagation to dnsmasq in Ubuntu (#4237) - Improve shutdown behavior of dnsmasq in Ubuntu (#4236) New features & improvements - Add inter-process locking + retry/backoff for transactional JSON writes (#4294) - Support the new LXD 6/stable backend (#4725) - Provide a stable UUID per VM (#4733) New contributors - @tobe2098's first PR - @jimporter's first PR Changes See also the v1.16.2 milestone and the full diff: v1.16.1...v1.16.2. Feedback Please file issues on the Multipass GitHub for problems and feature requests, or join the Multipass Discourse forum to chat. You can also find us in the Multipass room on Matrix.
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.16.2 | Unknown | This Multipass 1.16.2 patch release fixes usage on the latest macOS 26, supports the new LXD backend, fixes backend issues in QEMU and HyperV, and improves process handling in Linux. Bug fixes - Fix Qt object lifetime du... |
| 1.16.1 | Unknown | Multipass version 1.16.1 A patch release fixing issues with certificates and external directories, as well as in mounts: - [multipassd] regenerate gRPC server certificate on root ca mismatch (#4218) - Certificates inacce... |
| 1.16.0 | Unknown | Multipass version 1.16.0 We're pleased to announce Multipass 1.16.0, where the entire code base became fully open source! This is a consolidation release, bringing a ton of improvements to our GUI, fixes to the Multipass... |
| 1.15.1 | Unknown | Multipass version 1.15.1 We're pleased to announce Multipass 1.15.1, a bug fix release addressing various issues across platforms. Thanks to our contributors for their efforts in addressing these issues. Highlights - Mou... |
| 1.14.1+win | Unknown | Multipass version 1.14.1 A bug fix release addressing a number of issues: - Missing snapcraft:24.04/core24 aliases (#3613) - Typo in help text (#3648) - Misplaced delete/shutdown errors (#3591) - stop --force on suspende... |
| 1.14.0+win | Unknown | Multipass version 1.14.0 A new Multipass release candidate, and this one is packed with goodies! The main highlight is a brand new graphical user interface, but there are a number of other significant new features as wel... |
| 1.13.1+win | Unknown | This is a bug fix release addressing the following issues:- [snapshots] Rollback of failed restore wrongly applies last snapshot #3362 - [regression] multipass aliases command throws segmentation fault #3383 - Images use... |
| 1.13.0+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.12.2+win | Unknown | - [regression][macos] Restarting daemon while tray GUI is running can hang the daemon (#3142) |
| 1.11.1+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.11.0+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.10.1+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.10.0+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.9.2+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.9.1+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.9.0+win | Unknown | Release notes |
| 1.8.0+win | Unknown | No notes |
| 1.7.2+win | Unknown | No notes |
| 1.7.0+win | Unknown | No notes |
| 1.6.2+win | Unknown | No notes |