Technical documentation

This section targets software developers that either wish to incorporate VirtualBox into their products by programming its APIs or learn about VirtualBox in order to contribute to its development. (If you are only looking for information on how to download and run VirtualBox, see the End-user documentation page instead.)

• The ​SDK Programming Guide of the current VirtualBox release (API reference)

• Build instructions

• Binaries overview

• Source code organization

• VirtualBox architecture

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for developers

• Porting VirtualBox to a new platform

• Translating VirtualBox (I18N)

• How to provide a core dump

• Some helpful network tips