# pyvmomi

VMware vSphere API Python Bindings

Repository: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyvmomi
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-22T10:43:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 57, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4646, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": 72, "gap_med": 369, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2318, forks 765 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:36.945161+00:00)

## What it is
pyVmomi is the official Python SDK for the VMware vSphere Management API (SOAP-based), enabling programmatic management of VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter Server. It provides Python bindings for the vSphere Web Services API so developers can automate virtual infrastructure tasks.

## Use cases
- automate VM provisioning and lifecycle on vCenter
- manage ESXi hosts and datastores from Python scripts
- inventory and report on vSphere virtual machines
- power on/off, snapshot, and clone VMs programmatically
- integrate vSphere management into DevOps automation pipelines
- build custom tools for VMware infrastructure administration

## When to choose
- you need to automate or script VMware vSphere/ESXi management from Python
- you want official VMware-supported bindings for the vSphere Web Services (SOAP) API
- you're building infrastructure-as-code or monitoring tools for VMware environments

## When to avoid
- you need the newer vSphere Automation REST APIs (use the vSphere Automation SDK for Python instead)
- you're managing non-VMware clouds or hypervisors
- you need a high-level abstraction layer rather than raw API bindings

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, api-framework, http-client
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: vmware, vsphere, esxi, vcenter, soap-api, infrastructure-automation, virtualization, automation

## Member repositories
- vmware/pyvmomi (main) score 80
- vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples (examples) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:36.945161+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 2026-08-30T02:38:51.897359+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:36.945161+00:00, sha 011ead67a07b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.