xcp-ng/xcp
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Entry point for issues and wiki. Also contains some scripts and sources. observed · 2026-10-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
73/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 28
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 47
- age_days: 3224
- days_rel: 491
- days_push: 18
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1613 stars · 96 forks observed · 2026-10-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
XCP-ng is a turnkey, fully open-source virtualization platform based on the Xen hypervisor, serving as the community-driven successor to Citrix XenServer. This repository is the entry point for issues, wiki, scripts, and sources for the platform, which supports VM lifecycle management, live migration, snapshots, and scale-out pools managed via CLI, API, or Xen Orchestra.
Use cases
- run vms on my own bare metal without vmware licensing
- migrate away from vmware to an open source hypervisor
- self-host a virtualization platform with live migration and snapshots
- manage a pool of xen hosts at scale with a web ui
- set up a free xenserver alternative for production
- back up and orchestrate vms across multiple hosts
When to choose
- you want a fully open-source, no-paywall XenServer successor with LTS support
- you need turnkey bare-metal hypervisor installation with pre-configured tooling
- you are migrating from VMware or Citrix Hypervisor and want tooling assistance
- you need pool-level management, HA, and backup via the Xen Orchestra ecosystem
When to avoid
- you need KVM-based virtualization or want to run hypervisor guests inside an existing Linux distro
- you only need desktop virtualization for a single workstation (VirtualBox, GNOME Boxes)
- you require proprietary clustering features from Citrix Hypervisor, which are not available in XCP-ng
- you want a lightweight container-only runtime rather than full VMs
Facets
application · maturity stable
self-hosted developer-tools cli gui cloud-computing self-hosted infrastructure-as-code self-hosted cli xen-hypervisor xenserver-fork vm-management live-migration xen-orchestra vmware-migration lts open-source-virtualization virtualization devops linux web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp · fetched 2026-10-03 · c79ffe500302
- homepage: https://xcp-ng.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · b9ab4e718b26
- site_page: https://docs.xcp-ng.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8a01fe0162fd
- site_page: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/releases/release-8-3 · fetched 2026-08-29 · a29cc7384462
- site_page: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/installation/upgrade · fetched 2026-08-29 · 59fe731c63ec
- site_page: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/management · fetched 2026-08-29 · dfe35d6a2dd0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| xcp-ng/xcp | main | 73 |
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