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Mist.io Mist.io is an all-in-one solution that helps you manage your entire infrastructure from a single UI and API. Whether you’re using multiple public or private clouds, KVM hypervisors, Docker containers or bare metal servers, you can manage and monitor them from one central place using a responsive, touch-friendly interface. You can install the
open-source version or try the
freemium service. VM management is free while monitoring requires a subscription.
Web, Mobile, REST API, CLI
Active
Uses
libvirt and
libcloud for VM management. Supports KVM, several public cloud providers, OpenStack, Docker and bare metal servers.
AGPL v3 for the open source version, Commercial for the service
Platform9 Managed OpenStackPlatform9 makes it very easy to manage a KVM environment with resource pooling and automation. Platform9 Managed OpenStack is a SaaS solution that easily integrates with any new or existing servers running KVM. The OpenStack powered service supports
major Linux distributions. See the
demo for KVM.
UI,
OpenStack CLI,
OpenStack APIActive
Works well with existing environments. See
Getting Started With Platform9.
Commercial
nbsvmNo Bullshit VMs. No setup required. No dependencies but sudo, and LVM or ZFS. Start, stop, create and clone images and view VMs using simple chained commands. Basically applies sane (overridden by cli or file) defaults to the kvm invocation and gets out of the way. Sudo invocation is designed to allow user access controls.
CLI
February 2014
WTFPL 2WitsbitsWitsbits enables you to set up your servers with virtualization and deploy virtual machines faster than ever before. It’s a complete virtualization solution with a self-upgrading hypervisor and cloud-based centralized management, reducing time spent on maintenance to a fraction of what other solutions require. The self-configuring hypervisor comes as a Live CD, delivering the fastest time-to-deployment by removing the need for spending time on installation and configuration.
Web
Active
Live CD Hypervisor with SaaS Management System
Free for 5 CPUs (full version)
EucalyptusEucalyptus is open source software for building AWS-compatible private and hybrid clouds. Eucalyptus allows IT organizations to build an on-premises Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud that pools together compute, storage, and network resources. With Eucalyptus, developers can leverage knowledge and tools around AWS APIs, including EC2, S3, EBS, IAM, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, and CloudWatch. IT can create a flexible hybrid cloud environment so that developers can develop sooner, test more, and deploy faster while giving IT and cloud admins greater control of cloud performance, scale, and security.
Web, CLI, REST, SOAP
Active
Supports KVM and VMware. Uses
libvirt. View the Eucalyptus Compatibility Matrix:
http://bit.ly/QfH4IvGPL v3UVMMUCS Virtual Machine Manager (UVMM) is an easy-to-use and powerful administration tool for KVM. It virtualizes Microsoft Windows, Univention Corporate Server and other Linux distributions by providing all the necessary functions for creating and managing virtual instances (also OpenStack and Amazon EC2-based resources) and hard drives on physical servers centrally via a web-based modern interface. It is included in
Univention Corporate Server by default, an Enterprise Linux distribution with an integrated management system.
Web, CLI
Active
Supports KVM, Uses
libvirtCommercial, Free for personal use edition available,
AGPL v3Plain
qemu/kvmYou can run qemu/kvm straight from the command line
CLI
Active
See man (qemu-system-x86_64 or kvm or qemu-kvm) for more info
GPL v2virshA minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs
CLI
Active
Uses
libvirtLGPLVMM / Virtual Machine ManagerAlso known as virt-manager. A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines.
Desktop
Active
Uses
libvirtGPL v2VMM's supporting tools
virt-install/clone/convertCommand line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images.
CLI
Active
Uses
libvirtGPL v2Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization / RHEVCommercial management solution for RHEL / KVM.
Web
Active
Commercial
VMmanagerSoftware solution for virtualization management that can be used both for hosting virtual machines and building a cloud. With VMmanager you can manage not only one server, but a large cluster of hypervisors. It delivers a number of functions, such as live migration that allows for load balancing between cluster nodes, monitoring CPU, memory and I/O operation enabling to detect problematic nodes, use of local and networks storages, and many tools for efficient management.
Web, CLI, REST
Active
KVM, uses
libvirtCommercial
Proxmox VEOpen Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines
Web, CLI
Active
Bar-metall installer including KVM and OpenVZ management tools
AGPL v3ConVirtConVirt 2.0 Open Source is the leading open source product for managing Xen and KVM, enabling you to standardize and proactively manage your virtualized environment in a centralized fashion.
Web
Active
Xen & KVM; formerly known as xenman
GPL v2oVirtoVirt is a virtualization management framework constisting of a small host image, the oVirt Node, that provides the libvirt service to host virtual machines, and a robust vm management software stack, controlled by a web-based management interface, the oVirt Server.
Web
Active
uses
libvirtApache License v2op5op5 develops and delivers op5 Monitor a enterprise-class software for IT monitoring and administration of the whole IT. op5 developed a KVM plug-in to monitor KVM virtualization infrastructure that allows organizations to have better capacity planning, which enables the provisioning of usage of resources such as storage, CPU, and memory more proactively.
Web, REST
Active
Uses
libvirtGPL v2OpenNebulaan open source virtual infrastructure engine
CLI, XML-RPC
Active
cloud computing managment; uses libvirt
Apache License v2OpenNodeRHEL/CentOS based open-source server virtualization and management solution - simple bare-metal installer, providing KVM+OpenVZ host and standard libvirt, func management interfaces together with standard cli tools like virsh and vzctl. OpenNode Management Server with ajax web-based management console available - as is RPC-JSON API interface.
Web, CLI, API
Active
Bare-metal installer, KVM, OpenVZ hypervizors and variety of management tools
Unknown
GanetiGaneti is a cluster virtual server management software tool built on top of existing virtualization technologies
CLI
Active
KVM support added in Ganeti 2.0
GPL v2KaresansuiKaresansui is an open-source virtualization management application. It's smart graphical user interface lowers your management cost, and brings a total management/audit solution for both physical and virtual servers.
Web, REST
Active
KVM & Xen support; uses
libvirtLGPL v2.1/
GPL v2openQRMopenQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform.
Web
Active
KVM, Xen, VMware and Linux V-Server support
GPL v2AbiquoAbiquo is a technology-agnostic solution for enterprises and service providers who want to quickly and simply build, manage and develop public and private clouds based on their existing heterogeneous environments.
Web, REST
Active
KVM, Xen, VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V & XenServer support; uses
libvirtCommercial
CloudStackCloudstack is an open source project that enables the deployment, management, and configuration of multi-tier and multi-tenant infrastructure cloud services using Xen, KVM and VMware hypervisors.
Web
Active
KVM, Xen & VMware support
Apache License v2Nimbula DirectorNimbula Director is a Cloud Operating System that enables Infrastructure as a Service using the KVM.
Web, CLI, REST
Active
KVM support
Commercial (Freemium)
ArchipelArchipel is an Open Source project that aims to bring push notifications to virtualization orchestration using XMPP.
Web
Active
KVM, Xen, Virtual Box & OpenVZ support; uses
libvirtAGPL v3kvm-wrapperkvm-wrapper is a lightweight, simple and intended to be hackable set of shell scripts that help manage kvm virtual machines a great deal.
CLI
Active
KVM support
WTFPL (v2)kvm-adminPython scripts for managing the guests (boot, shutdown ...) and include a commandline monitor .
CLI
Active
kvm support
GPL v2SolusVMThe most popular control panel for commercial use.
Web
Active
KVM, Xen & OpenVZ support
Commercial
Stackops Openstack DistroStackops is an Openstack Nova distribution verified and tested for KVM. You only need to download the ISO image with the distro and install it on one or more servers.
CLI, REST
Active
KVM & QEMU (libvirt based)
Apache License v2WebVirtMgrWeb service for managing VMs based on the KVM
WEB
Active
Only KVM; use libvirt
Apache License v2ForemanForeman is aimed to be a Single Address For All Machines Life
Cycle Management including bare metal / vm / cloud provisioning, configuration managememnt and configureation reports/auditing using puppet
Web, REST, CLI
Active
KVM, VMWare, oVirt RHEV-M, EC2, OpenStack
GPL v3VirtualbricksPython-gtk GUI to manage guest and hybrid (host/guest) networks.
CLI
2011-11-23
kvm, qemu, ksm &
VDE support
GPL v2AQemua Qt4 user interface for KVM
Desktop
2013-05-30
GPL v2Enomalya programmable virtual cloud infrastructure for small, medium and large businesses
Web, REST
Not available as of 2010-02-08
they have commercial and open source editions
Commercial/
AGPL v3kvmadma minimalistic set of command-line tools to control multi-user utilization of KVM
CLI
2007-09-25
GPL v2GKVMA Gnome user interface for KVM.
Desktop
2007-08-01
GPL v2kvmupdownsimple, robust and no-bloat management interface.
CLI
Link broken, probably terminated project
KVM
public domain
kimchiKimchi is an HTML5 based management tool for KVM. It is designed to make it
as easy as possible to get started with KVM and create your first guest.
WEB
Active
KVM
LGPL,
Apache License v2
cloonixcloonix is a virtualization management framework aimed at virtual networks building based on kvm.
Gui/cli
Active
KVM
RPL Licence
vmmaestrovmmaestro is a tiny shell script which can start/stop/monitor KVM guests.
CLI
Active
KVM
MIT License
