Platform

See also: How to install Multipass, Host, Driver

In Multipass, platform refers to the host computer’s operating system. This can be Windows, macOS, or Linux.

Feature disparities

While we strive to offer a uniform interface across the board, not all features are available on all platforms and there are some behaviour differences:

Feature	Only supported on…	Notes
Windows terminal integration	Windows	This affects the setting client.apps.windows-terminal.profiles
File and URL launches	Linux	This affects the launch command.
Mounts	Linux macOS Windows (disabled by default)	On Windows, mounts can be enabled with the setting local.privileged-mounts. This affects the mount, umount, and launch commands.
Extra networks (QEMU)	Linux macOS	When using the QEMU driver, extra networks are only supported on macOS. This affects the networks command, as well as --network and --bridged options in launch.
Global IPv6 (QEMU)	Linux macOS	When using the QEMU driver, global IPv6 addresses are only available on macOS.
Drivers	Linux macOS Windows	Different drivers are available on different platforms. This affects the local.driver setting. See Feature disparities for further behaviour differences depending on the selected driver.
Bridging Wi-Fi networks	macOS	Wi-Fi networks are not shown in the output of the networks command on Linux and Windows.