KubeVirt

Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.

KubeVirt was accepted to CNCF on September 6, 2019 and moved to the Incubating maturity level on April 19, 2022.

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Health Score

Excellent (86)

Total contributors

2,050

-6% vs. previous year

Total contributing organizations

529

+0% vs. previous year

GitHub Stars

1,232

-5% vs. previous year

GitHub Forks

727

+29% vs. previous year

Software Value

$3,578.6M

First commit

April 27, 2016

KubeVirt case studies

Swisscom

Swisscom


May 12, 2026

Swisscom pioneers sovereign cloud with open source Kubernetes service, powered by KubeVirt and Kube-OVN

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Recorded KubeVirt programs

Cloud Native Live: BellSoft’s Java images

Cloud Native Live: BellSoft’s Java images

Presented by: BellSoft
July 11, 2024 303 views
CNCF On-Demand Webinar: Deploying VNFs with Kubernetes pods and VMs

CNCF On-Demand Webinar: Deploying VNFs with Kubernetes pods and VMs

Presented by: Platform9
February 24, 2022 6,688 views
Fast packet processing with KubeVirt

Fast packet processing with KubeVirt

Presented by: Red Hat
June 23, 2020 1,040 views