# vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt

Vagrant provider for libvirt.

Repository: https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vagrant-libvirt
Homepage: https://vagrant-libvirt.github.io/vagrant-libvirt/
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: libvirt, ruby, vagrant-providers, vagrant
Last push: 2024-08-17T21:15:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4908, "days_push": 746, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2397, forks 514 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:43.642368+00:00)

## What it is
A Vagrant plugin that adds a Libvirt provider, letting Vagrant create, control, and provision QEMU/KVM virtual machines through the Libvirt toolkit. It is written in Ruby and distributed as a Vagrant plugin gem.

## Use cases
- manage kvm virtual machines with vagrant
- use libvirt as a vagrant provider
- spin up local linux vms for development
- provision qemu vms from a vagrantfile
- replace virtualbox with libvirt for vagrant workflows

## When to choose
- you already use Vagrant and prefer KVM/QEMU over VirtualBox on Linux
- you want reproducible, scriptable local VM environments via libvirt
- your team standardizes on libvirt for virtualization

## When to avoid
- you need VMs on macOS or Windows hosts, since libvirt/KVM is Linux-centric
- you don't use Vagrant and just need a libvirt GUI or CLI
- you need container-based rather than VM-based environments

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, ruby
- tags: vagrant-plugin, libvirt, kvm, qemu, virtual-machine-management, ruby, virtualization, devops, command-line, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.642368+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 2026-08-30T02:34:21.117600+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.642368+00:00, sha 895fec278e4f)
  - homepage: https://vagrant-libvirt.github.io/vagrant-libvirt/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:49.367961+00:00, sha 46d931dcfd45)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.