The virtualization API

Introduction

The libvirt project:

is a toolkit to manage virtualization platforms
is accessible from C, Python, Perl, Go and more
is licensed under open source licenses
supports KVM, Hypervisor.framework, QEMU, Xen, Virtuozzo, VMWare ESX, LXC, BHyve and more
targets Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and macOS
is used by many applications

Recent / forthcoming release changes

New contributors: Get involved in the libvirt community & student outreach programs
Security vulnerabilities: View security notices and report vulnerabilities to the libvirt security response team
Bug reporting: View and report bugs in libvirt packages
XML configuration: Description of the XML schemas for domains, networks, network filtering, storage, storage encryption, capabilities, domain capabilities, storage pool capabilities, node devices, secrets, snapshots, checkpoints, backup jobs
Wiki: Read further community contributed content
Knowledge base: Learn more about libvirt through knowledge base