qemus/qemu
QEMU in a Docker container. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 88
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 3.0
- age_days: 1240
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 73
Adoption not part of the score
2109 stars · 249 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Docker container that runs full virtual machines using QEMU with KVM acceleration, controlled through a web-based viewer on port 8006. It supports automatic OS downloads, USB passthrough, folder sharing, and multiple networking modes.
Use cases
- run a virtual machine inside a docker container
- spin up a linux VM with qemu and kvm quickly
- test an OS install without a hypervisor GUI
- run a VM on a headless server and control it from a browser
- automatically download and boot a linux distro in a container
- share host folders and pass through USB devices to a VM
When to choose
- you want VMs managed like containers via docker compose or kubernetes
- you need browser-based access to a VM on a headless Linux host with KVM
- you want one-command booting of popular Linux distributions
When to avoid
- your host cannot expose /dev/kvm (e.g. Docker Desktop on macOS or Windows 10)
- you need full-featured desktop hypervisor management like libvirt/virt-manager
- you require nested virtualization on unsupported setups
Facets
application · maturity active
self-hosted container-runtime self-hosted developer-tools self-hosted qemu kvm virtual-machines docker-image web-viewer virtualization containers docker linux web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/qemus/qemu · fetched 2026-08-28 · e2ef7271091f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| qemus/qemu | main | 93 |
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