# kimchi-project/kimchi

An HTML5 management interface for KVM guests

Repository: https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kimchi
Homepage: https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/releases/latest
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: libvirt, kvm, linux, web-application
Last push: 2023-01-04T14:18:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4815, "days_push": 1337, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3200, forks 362 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:48.485337+00:00)

## What it is
Kimchi is an HTML5 web-based management interface for KVM virtual machines, built as a plugin for the Wok web framework. It lets administrators create, configure, and manage KVM guests through a browser using standard Linux/libvirt interfaces.

## Use cases
- manage kvm virtual machines from a web browser
- html5 gui for libvirt guests
- create and configure vm templates on linux
- self-hosted virtualization management console
- replace virt-manager with a web interface
- manage vms on a headless linux server

## When to choose
- you run KVM/libvirt on Linux and want a browser-based VM management UI
- you need to administer VMs on a headless server without a desktop
- you want template-based guest creation on Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, or openSUSE

## When to avoid
- you use hypervisors other than KVM (e.g., Xen, VMware, Proxmox)
- you need a modern, actively developed project - releases have slowed since 2023
- you prefer full-featured cloud platforms like OpenStack or oVirt
- you need multi-node cluster management rather than single-host management

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, http-server, web-framework
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: kvm, libvirt, virtualization-management, html5, wok-plugin, vm-management, virtualization, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- kimchi-project/kimchi (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.485337+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:44:59.316122+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.485337+00:00, sha 0b5ca119d2be)
  - homepage: https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/releases/latest (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:48.446571+00:00, sha caf2cec9df2a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.