virt-manager VS labwc

Compare virt-manager vs labwc and see what are their differences.

virt-manager

Desktop tool for managing virtual machines via libvirt (by virt-manager)
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virt-manager labwc
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2,098 1,403
4.2% 4.6%
8.6 9.7
9 days ago 7 days ago
Python C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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virt-manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of virt-manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.
  • Proxmox VE: Import Wizard for Migrating VMware ESXi VMs
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Mar 2024
    I would love to see a serious comparison (features & performance) between VMWare ESXi, Proxmox VE and let's say a more stock RHEL or Ubuntu. And maybe even include FreeBSD/bhyve.

    Because yes, in terms of core functionality it should be in the same ballpark. And in terms of UI, Virtual Machine Manager [0] was not that bad.

    [0] https://virt-manager.org/

  • Quickemu: Quickly run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Jan 2024
    Shout out to https://virt-manager.org/ - works much better for me, supports running qemu on remote systems via ssh. I used to use this all the time for managing bunches of disparate vm hosts and local vms.
  • Oracle data base
    2 projects | /r/Fedora | 10 Dec 2023
    If not, I would just run a CentOS Stream 8 virtual machine using either GNOME Boxes or virt-manager, and set up networking and ssh so you can access the database from the host.
  • Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2023
    I'd say it is half-baked webmin. You can only use it with NetworkManager, and if you have an even remotely complex network setup for VMs, NetworkManager usually must be turned off, which makes Cockpit practically unusable. virt-manager [1] is way more powerful for those who like managing VMs with GUI.

    [1] https://virt-manager.org/

  • Failed to acquire pid file : /var/local/run/libvirt/qemu/driver.pid
    2 projects | /r/kvm | 28 Aug 2023
    $ apt build-dep libvirt $ git clone https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt.git Cloning into 'libvirt'... $ cd libvirt $ meson setup build $ ninja -C build $ ninja -C build install $ which virsh /usr/local/bin/virsh $ which libvirtd /usr/local/sbin/libvirtd $ apt install libgtk-3-dev libpulse-dev libgbm-dev libspice-protocol-dev \ libspice-server-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libepoxy-dev libfdt-dev $ git clone -b v5.1.0 http://git.qemu.org/qemu.git $ cd qemu-v5.1.0 $ git submodule add -f https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git dtc $ ./configure --disable-werror --target-list=arm-softmmu \ --enable-opengl --enable-gtk --enable-kvm --enable-guest-agent \ --enable-spice --audio-drv-list="oss pa" --enable-libusb \ --enable-trace-backend=simple --enable-debug $ make $ make install $ git clone https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager.git $ apt install gobject-introspection libosinfo-1.0-0 libosinfo-1.0-dev \ gir1.2-libosinfo-1.0 libvirt-glib-1.0-dev $ cd virt-manager $ ./setup.py configure --prefix=/usr/local $ sudo ./setup.py install $ sudo usermod -a -G libvirt root $ sudo usermod -a -G libvirtd root $ sudo usermod -a -G libvirt-qemu libvirt-qemu $ sudo usermod -a -G libvirt marietto $ sudo adduser libvirt-qemu $ sudo groupadd --system libvirt $ sudo groupadd --system libvirt-qemu $ sudo newgrp libvirt-qemu $ newgrp libvirt $ /usr/local/sbin# libvirtd & [1] 2875 $ /usr/local/sbin# virtqemud & info : libvirt version: 9.7.0 info : hostname: chromarietto error : virPidFileAcquirePathFull:409 Failed to acquire pid file : /var/local/run/libvirt/qemu/driver.pid Resource temporarily unavailable error : virStateInitialize:672 : Initialization of QEMU state driver failed Failed to acquire pid file : /var/local/run/libvirt/qemu/driver.pid Resource temporarily unavailable error : daemonRunStateInit:617 : Driver state initialization failed $ /usr/local/sbin# ps ax | grep libvirt 2875 pts/0 Sl 0:00 libvirtd $ /usr/local/sbin# ps ax | grep virtqemu nothing If I do the opposite way : $ /usr/local/sbin# virtqemud & $ /usr/local/sbin# ps ax | grep virtqemu 3041 pts/0 Sl 0:00 virtqemud $ /usr/local/sbin# libvirtd & info : libvirt version: 9.7.0 info : hostname: chromarietto error : virPidFileAcquirePathFull:409 Failed to acquire pid file : /var/local/run/libvirt/qemu/driver.pid Resource temporarily unavailable virStateInitialize:672 : Initialization of QEMU state driver failed Failed to acquire pid file : /var/local/run/libvirt/qemu/driver.pid Resource temporarily unavailable daemon RunStateInit:617 : Driver state initialization failed $ /usr/local/sbin# ps ax | grep virtqemu 3041 pts/0 Sl 0:00 virtqemud $ /usr/local/sbin# ps ax | grep libvirt nothing
  • We Replaced Firecracker with QEMU
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jul 2023
  • Security warning: Virt-viewer leaks copy&pasted passwords to inactive instances
    2 projects | /r/Proxmox | 31 May 2023
    Yeah, it's bad, see also. A workarround is to disable clipboard sharing with SPICE_MAX_CLIPBOARD=0 env. var. on the client, or in VM's config with args: -spice disable-copy-paste=on.
  • Best virtualization solution with Ubuntu 22.04
    8 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 28 May 2023
    virt-manager
  • Is it possible to run a Windows 11 Virtual Machine on Linux?
    5 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 16 Apr 2023
    I use Virtual Machine Manager which is a front end GUI for QEMU/KVM. I haven't tried Win11, but perhaps you'll have luck with it?
  • After tens of hours and a numerous amount of coffee, I proudly did it
    3 projects | /r/linux | 6 Apr 2023
    There's two nice frontends for qemu though, virt-manager and gnome boxes

labwc

Posts with mentions or reviews of labwc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-13.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing virt-manager and labwc you can also consider the following projects:

wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor

archcraft - // Source : ISO

jgmenu - An X11 menu

QEMU - Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

manjaro-sway - manjaro linux with wayland 🖼, sway 🌴 and a lot of ♥

Waybar - Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors. :v: :tada:

quickemu - Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines.

openbox - Openbox Window Manager (OpenboxWM)

docker-libvirtd

sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor

Hyprland - Hyprland is a highly customizable dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.

cloud-hypervisor - A Virtual Machine Monitor for modern Cloud workloads. Features include CPU, memory and device hotplug, support for running Windows and Linux guests, device offload with vhost-user and a minimal compact footprint. Written in Rust with a strong focus on security.