Management Tools

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

Name/URL	Description	UI Type	Last Updated	Notes
UVMM	Univention Virtual Machine Manager is a high-performance administration service for KVM and XEN.	web	active	Uses libvirt
Plain old 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
virsh	A minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs	cli	active	uses libvirt
virt-install/clone/convert	Command line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images	cli	active	uses libvirt
Virtual Machine Manager	Also known as virt-manager. A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines	desktop	active	uses libvirt
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization	Commercial management solution for RHEL / KVM	web	active
GKVM	a gnome user interface for KVM	desktop	2007-08-01
AQemu	a Qt4 user interface for KVM	desktop	active
kvmadm	a minimalistic set of command-line tools to control multi-user utilization of KVM	cli	2007-09-25
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
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
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
OpenNebula	an open source virtual infrastructure engine	cli & xml-rpc	active	cloud computing managment; uses libvirt
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
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
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
openQRM	openQRM is the next generation, open-source Data-center management platform.	web	active	KVM, Xen, VMware and Linux V-Server support
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
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
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
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
kvm-admin	Python scripts for managing the guests (boot, shutdown ...) and include a commandline monitor .	cli	active	kvm support	}