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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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QEMU KVM Xen VMware API Hyper-V
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