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# What is Incus?
Incus is a next generation system container and virtual machine manager.
Incus is a next-generation system container, application container, and virtual machine manager.

It provides a user experience similar to that of a public cloud. With it, you can easily mix and match both containers and virtual machines, sharing the same underlying storage and network.

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Then if you want to run it locally, take a look at our [getting started guide](/incus/docs/main/tutorial/first_steps/).

## Containers and virtual machines
Incus provides support for system containers and virtual machines.
Incus provides support for system containers, application containers, and virtual machines.

When running a system container, Incus simulates a virtual version of a full operating system. To do this, it uses the functionality provided by the kernel running on the host system.

When running an application container, Incus runs isolated applications within the host's operating system using container images, similar to how Docker operates.

When running a virtual machine, Incus uses the hardware of the host system, but the kernel is provided by the virtual machine. Therefore, virtual machines can be used to run, for example, a different operating system.

You can learn more about the differences between application containers, system containers and virtual machines in [our documentation](/incus/docs/main/explanation/containers_and_vms/).
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