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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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  • kubevirt Public

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

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    Go 6,649 Apache-2.0 1,600 233 322 Updated Feb 11, 2026
  • 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 4 1 Updated Feb 11, 2026
  • ci-health Public

    Metrics about CI performance in repositories using Prow

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    Go 11 Apache-2.0 9 1 2 Updated Feb 11, 2026
  • project-infra Public

    Project infrastructure administrative tools

    kubevirt/project-infra’s past year of commit activity
    Go 39 Apache-2.0 173 18 (5 issues need help) 21 Updated Feb 11, 2026
  • cluster-network-addons-operator Public

    Deploy additional networking components on top of your Kubernetes cluster

    kubevirt/cluster-network-addons-operator’s past year of commit activity
    Go 89 Apache-2.0 55 1 5 Updated Feb 10, 2026
  • virt-template Public

    A KubeVirt add-on providing native, user-friendly templating workflows for KubeVirt virtual machines.

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    Go 6 Apache-2.0 6 0 2 Updated Feb 10, 2026
  • client-go Public

    Go client for kubevirt

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    Go 48 Apache-2.0 58 1 0 Updated Feb 10, 2026
  • api Public

    KubeVirt API definition

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    Go 14 Apache-2.0 7 0 0 Updated Feb 10, 2026
  • hyperconverged-cluster-operator Public

    Operator pattern for managing multi-operator products

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    Go 179 Apache-2.0 163 3 7 Updated Feb 10, 2026
  • kubevirt.core Public

    Lean Ansible bindings for KubeVirt

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    Python 18 Apache-2.0 14 1 0 Updated Feb 10, 2026