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.

• VirtualBox source code organization

• Build instructions

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Articles

Here is a collection of technical articles about different aspects of the VirtualBox architecture and source code. A lot of the concepts developed for VirtualBox are very generic and potentially useful for other projects as well.

• VirtualBox architecture

• Writing cross platform component software using COM and XPCOM

• The InnoTek Portable Runtime (IPRT)