Multipass

Multipass 1.16.4

A lightweight VM Manager that supports cloud-deployment simulation

  • By Canonical Ltd
  • Open Source
  • Updated Sep 7, 2026
Download for Windows

About 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 1.16.4

This Multipass 1.16.4 patch release fixes an issue related to expired certificates for client/daemon communication.
Bug fixes
- [core] Regenerate expired certificates (#5202)

Changes

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.

Full release notes »

Technical details

PublisherCanonical Ltd
Version1.16.4
Release date2026-09-07
LicenseGPL-3.0
Installer typewix
Architecturex64
Package IDCanonical.Multipass

Links & install command

Install Multipass from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Canonical.Multipass -e

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Older versions

  • 1.16.3
  • 1.16.2
  • 1.16.1
  • 1.16.0
  • 1.15.1
  • 1.14.1+win
  • 1.14.0+win
  • 1.13.1+win
  • 1.13.0+win