Packer (also by HashiCorp) automates the creation of golden VM images. GitHub hosts thousands of Packer JSON/HCL scripts designed specifically for VMware Workstation Pro.
: Simplifies interactions with VMs using the vmrun.exe command-line application.
if == " main ": vms = get_running_vms() for vm in vms: snapshot_vm(vm) print("Done.")
Since VMware does not natively allow macOS guests on non-Apple hardware, the community developed "Unlockers" to patch VMware binaries.