Management Tools

There are a several options available to manage kvm virtual machines:

Name/URL	Description	UI Type	Last Updated	Notes	License
Eucalyptus	Eucalyptus is an open source on-premise Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud software platform that leverages existing compute, storage, and network resources to create scalable, secure enterprise-grade clouds.	Web, CLI, REST & SOAP APIs	active	Supports KVM, Xen, and VMware	Commercial/GPL v3
UCS / UVMM	UCS Virtual Machine Manager (UVMM) is a simple-to-use, high-performance management system for KVM and XEN. UVMM offers all the necessary functions for creating and administrating virtual instances and hard drives on physical servers as well as their assignment to each other. Supports among other things live-migration of virtual systems and snapshots (with KVM).	Web-based, CLI	active	Supports KVM and Xen, Uses libvirt	Commercial, Free for personal use edition available, AGPL v3
Plain qemu/kvm	You 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 v2
virsh	A minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs	CLI	active	Uses libvirt	LGPL
VMM / Virtual Machine Manager	Also known as virt-manager. A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines.	Desktop	active	Uses libvirt	GPL v2
VMM's supporting tools virt-install/clone/convert	Command line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images.	CLI	active	Uses libvirt	GPL v2
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization / RHEV	Commercial management solution for RHEL / KVM.	Web-based	active		Commercial
Witsbits	Witsbits enables you to set up your servers for virtualization and deploy virtual machines faster than ever before. Witsbits is a complete end-to-end solution including both hypervisor and management system with console and a library of preconfigured virtual server templates. The technology is a combination of a web service and a boot loader that requires no software installation to get your bare-metal servers ready to host virtual machines.	Web-based	active	Hypervisor and Hosted Management System, no software installation.	Free for unlimited use, commercial or personal
GKVM	A Gnome user interface for KVM.	Desktop	2007-08-01		GPL v2
AQemu	a Qt4 user interface for KVM	desktop	active		GPL v2
kvmadm	a minimalistic set of command-line tools to control multi-user utilization of KVM	cli	2007-09-25		GPL v2
Proxmox VE	Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines	web & cli	active	Bar-metall installer including KVM and OpenVZ management tools	AGPL v3
ConVirt	ConVirt 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-based	active	Xen & KVM; formerly known as xenman	GPL v2
oVirt	oVirt 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 libvirt	Apache License v2
OpenNebula	an open source virtual infrastructure engine	cli & xml-rpc	active	cloud computing managment; uses libvirt	Apache License v2
OpenNode	RHEL/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
Ganeti	Ganeti 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 v2
Enomaly	a programmable virtual cloud infrastructure for small, medium and large businesses	web & REST API	* not available as of at Feb. 8, 2010	they have commercial and open source editions	Commercial/AGPL v3
Karesansui	Karesansui 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 API	active	KVM & Xen support; uses libvirt	LGPL v2.1/GPL v2
openQRM	openQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform.	web	active	KVM, Xen, VMware and Linux V-Server support	GPL v2
Abiquo	Abiquo is an open source infrastructure software for the creation and integral management of Public & Private Clouds based on heterogeneous environments.	web	active	KVM, Xen & Virtual Box support; uses libvirt	Commercial
CloudStack	Cloudstack 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	Commercial/GPL v3
Nimbula Director	Nimbula Director is a Cloud Operating System that enables Infrastructure as a Service using the KVM.	Web, CLI, and REST API	active	KVM support	Commercial (Freemium)
Archipel	Archipel 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 libvirt	AGPL v3
kvm-wrapper	kvm-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-admin	Python scripts for managing the guests (boot, shutdown ...) and include a commandline monitor .	cli	active	kvm support	GPL v2
Virtualbricks	Python-gtk GUI to manage guest and hybrid (host/guest) networks.	cli	active	kvm, qemu, ksm & VDE support	GPL v2
SolusVM	The most popular control panel for commercial use.	Web	active	KVM, Xen & OpenVZ support	Commercial
Stackops Openstack Distro	Stackops 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 and REST APIs	active	KVM & QEMU (libvirt based)	Apache License v2
WebVirtMgr	Web service for managing VMs based on the KVM	WEB	active	Only KVM; use libvirt	Apache License v2