Libvirt

libvirt
Developer(s)Red Hat
Initial releaseDecember 19, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-19)[1]
Stable release
10.0.0 / 15 January 2024; 10 months ago (2024-01-15)[2]
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, Windows, macOS[3]
TypeLibrary
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License
Websitelibvirt.org Edit this on Wikidata

libvirt is an open-source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform virtualization.[3] It can be used to manage KVM, Xen, VMware ESXi, QEMU and other virtualization technologies. These APIs are widely used in the orchestration layer of hypervisors in the development of a cloud-based solution.

  1. ^ "0.0.1: Dec 19 2005". libvirt. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  2. ^ "libvirt releases". libvirt. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. ^ a b "libvirt home page description".