libvirt
brew install libvirt
v12.4.0
LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
C library and daemon for managing QEMU, KVM, Xen, and other hypervisors via a unified API.
Why you might care
libvirt abstracts hypervisor differences behind a single interface, making it essential for virtualization management stacks (OpenStack, Proxmox, virt-manager). Use it when you need programmatic control over VMs or as a runtime dependency for tools that manage containers and VMs. Cross-platform hypervisor abstraction beats learning each hypervisor's proprietary API.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://libvirt.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libvirt.rb
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