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KubeVirt

Managing virtualization workloads on Kubernetes

KubeVirt - Building a virtualization API for Kubernetes

Why KubeVirt?

KubeVirt technology addresses the needs of development teams that have adopted or want to adopt Kubernetes but possess existing Virtual Machine-based workloads that cannot be easily containerized. More specifically, the technology provides a unified development platform where developers can build, modify, and deploy applications residing in both Application Containers as well as Virtual Machines in a common, shared environment.

Benefits are broad and significant. Teams with a reliance on existing virtual machine-based workloads are empowered to rapidly containerize applications. With virtualized workloads placed directly in development workflows, teams can decompose them over time while still leveraging remaining virtualized components as is comfortably desired.

What can I do with KubeVirt?

  • KubeVirt and Kubernetes - Leverage KubeVirt and Kubernetes to manage virtual machines for impractical-to-containerize apps.
  • KubeVirt and VMs - Combine existing virtualized workloads with new container workloads on the one platform.
  • Containerized Applications - Support development of new microservice applications in containers that interact with existing virtualized applications.

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  1. kubevirt kubevirt Public

    Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.

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  2. enhancements enhancements Public

    Tracking KubeVirt related enhancements and issues

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  3. user-guide user-guide Public

    This user guide will walk you through installation and various features.

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  4. community community Public

    Community content

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  5. api-reference api-reference Public

    API documentation

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  6. project-infra project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

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Repositories

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  • ci-health Public

    Metrics about CI performance in repositories using Prow

    kubevirt/ci-health’s past year of commit activity
    Go 10 Apache-2.0 8 1 1 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • kubevirt Public

    Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.

    kubevirt/kubevirt’s past year of commit activity
    Go 6,529 Apache-2.0 1,553 209 262 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • containerdisks Public

    Officially built and maintained containerdisks of the KubeVirt project

    kubevirt/containerdisks’s past year of commit activity
    Go 47 Apache-2.0 33 1 2 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • ssp-operator Public

    Operator that deploys additional KubeVirt resources

    kubevirt/ssp-operator’s past year of commit activity
    Go 39 Apache-2.0 49 2 13 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • sig-release Public

    A repo to hold and organize all the information required for KubeVirt releases

    kubevirt/sig-release’s past year of commit activity
    2 Apache-2.0 10 5 2 Updated Dec 10, 2025
  • containerized-data-importer Public

    Data Import Service for kubernetes, designed with kubevirt in mind.

    kubevirt/containerized-data-importer’s past year of commit activity
    Go 498 Apache-2.0 302 21 21 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • virt-template-client-go Public

    client-go package for kubevirt.io/virt-template

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    Go 1 Apache-2.0 0 0 0 Updated Dec 10, 2025
  • virt-template-api Public

    api package for kubevirt.io/virt-template

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    Go 1 Apache-2.0 0 0 0 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

    kubevirt/project-infra’s past year of commit activity
    Go 37 Apache-2.0 164 20 (3 issues need help) 16 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • hyperconverged-cluster-operator Public

    Operator pattern for managing multi-operator products

    kubevirt/hyperconverged-cluster-operator’s past year of commit activity
    Go 172 Apache-2.0 162 4 11 Updated Dec 10, 2025