Management Tools

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

Name/URL	Description	UI Type	Last Updated	Notes
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
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	an intuitive, graphical management console providing comprehensive life cycle management for Virtual Machines and virtualization infrastructures	desktop	active	basic support for kvm added in 0.9.1; formerly known as xenman
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 (* not available as of at Feb. 8, 2010)	web & REST API	active	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