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virt-manager

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Comprehensive desktop tool for managing virtual machines using libvirt, supporting KVM, Xen, and Linux Containers. It offers performance stats, resource allocation and virtual hardware configuration with VNC and SPICE clients for graphical consoles.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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Platforms

  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
5 / 5 Avg rating (4)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Customizable
  4.  Security-focused

Features

  1.  Virtualization
  2.  VNC Viewer
  3.  Command line interface
  4.  SSH
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  No Tracking
  7.  Container Virtualization
  8.  Live migration

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virt-manager information

  • Developed by

    Daniel P. Berrangé
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    31 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Network & AdminOS & UtilitiesSystem & HardwareSecurity & Privacy

GitHub repository

  •  2,534 Stars
  •  458 Forks
  •  76 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jan 29, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about virt-manager, and it has gotten 77 likes

virt-manager was added to AlternativeTo by Togusav on Jun 26, 2013 and this page was last updated Nov 29, 2024. virt-manager is sometimes referred to as Virtual Machine Manager, virt manager.

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arpeters
  
Top positive commentJan 25, 2020

Just because VirtualBox is not in Debian packages anymore, I could not trust it any further. There is where Virt Manager kicks in with its far more advanced interface. Found it as an alternative to VirtualBox and didn't regret even a little. Highly recommended fully open source software (FOSS).

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What is virt-manager?

The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also manages Xen and LXC (linux containers). It presents a summary view of running domains, their live performance & resource utilization statistics. Wizards enable the creation of new domains, and configuration & adjustment of a domain’s resource allocation & virtual hardware. An embedded VNC and SPICE client viewer presents a full graphical console to the guest domain.

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