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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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  • project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

    kubevirt/project-infra's past year of commit activity
    Go 45 Apache-2.0 209 27 (7 issues need help) 32 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • kubevirt-tekton-tasks Public

    VM specific tasks for Tekton Pipelines

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    Go 43 Apache-2.0 51 6 30 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • containerized-data-importer Public

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

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    Go 533 Apache-2.0 351 26 28 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • common-instancetypes Public

    Instancetypes and preferences for running VMs on KubeVirt

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    Go 44 Apache-2.0 28 1 0 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • ci-health Public

    Metrics about CI performance in repositories using Prow

    kubevirt/ci-health's past year of commit activity
    Go 11 Apache-2.0 15 1 3 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • kubevirt Public

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

    kubevirt/kubevirt's past year of commit activity
    Go 7,133 Apache-2.0 1,840 275 388 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • containerdisks Public

    Officially built and maintained containerdisks of the KubeVirt project

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    Go 50 Apache-2.0 39 2 1 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • client-go Public

    Go client for kubevirt

    kubevirt/client-go's past year of commit activity
    Go 50 Apache-2.0 63 0 0 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • api Public

    KubeVirt API definition

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    Go 14 Apache-2.0 7 0 0 Updated Oct 22, 2026
  • client-python Public

    An auto-generated python SDK to interact with KubeVirt resources

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    Python 35 Apache-2.0 38 0 0 Updated Oct 22, 2026