virt-manager/virt-manager
Desktop tool for managing virtual machines via libvirt observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 67
- Longevity 100
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: 0
- age_days: 4122
- days_rel: 223
- days_push: 18
- n_releases_24m: 58
Adoption not part of the score
3234 stars · 541 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
virt-manager is a desktop graphical application for managing virtual machines through libvirt, primarily targeting QEMU/KVM but also supporting Xen and LXC containers. It includes companion CLI tools (virt-install, virt-clone, virt-xml) for provisioning, cloning, and editing libvirt guests.
Use cases
- manage KVM virtual machines with a GUI
- create new libvirt VMs from the command line
- clone an existing virtual machine with new UUID and MAC
- edit libvirt domain XML without a full GUI
- view a graphical console of a running guest via VNC or SPICE
- monitor live performance and resource usage of VMs
- manage Xen guests and LXC containers
When to choose
- you use libvirt (QEMU/KVM, Xen, LXC) and want a mature GUI to manage guests
- you need scripted VM provisioning or cloning via virt-install/virt-clone
- you want an embedded VNC/SPICE console for your VMs
- you prefer a free, GPL-licensed tool available in most Linux distro repos
When to avoid
- you need to manage non-libvirt hypervisors like VirtualBox, VMware, or Hyper-V
- you want a web-based or remote multi-tenant VM management UI (consider oVirt, Proxmox, or Cockpit instead)
- you are on Windows or macOS as your management desktop
Facets
application · maturity stable
gui cli developer-tools developer-tools python libvirt kvm qemu xen lxc virtualization vnc spice virt-install virt-clone virt-xml command-line linux desktop
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager · fetched 2026-08-28 · e55a6da8ccac
- homepage: https://virt-manager.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 396a5fe97fae
- site_page: https://virt-manager.org/documentation.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 381aa305ef89
- site_page: https://virt-manager.org/faq.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0a2d48f05baa
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| virt-manager/virt-manager | main | 87 |
For agents
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