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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	<ul><li>Windows</li></ul>	This affects the setting client.apps.windows-terminal.profiles
Mounts	<ul><li>Linux</li><li>macOS</li><li>Windows <em>(disabled by default)</em></li></ul>	On Windows, mounts can be enabled with the setting local.privileged-mounts.
This affects the mount, umount, and launch commands.
Global IPv6 (QEMU)	<ul><li>Linux</li><li>macOS</li></ul>	When using the QEMU driver, global IPv6 addresses are only available on macOS.
Drivers	<ul><li>Linux</li><li>macOS</li><li>Windows</li></ul>	Different drivers are available on different platforms.
This affects the local.driver setting.
See {ref}driver-feature-disparities for further behaviour differences depending on the selected driver.
Bridging Wi-Fi networks	<ul><li>macOS</li></ul>	Wi-Fi networks are not shown in the output of the networks command on Linux and Windows.

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