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Top 22 Shell KVM Projects
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Docker-OSX
Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
Exactly, both https://github.com/dockur/macos and https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX rely on x86 and KVM for HW acceleration
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quickemu: It doesn't support automated installations
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Project mention: Show HN: Lume – OS Lightweight CLI/API for macOS/Linux VMs on Apple Silicon | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-02
- It is more of a container-oriented way of spinning up Linux VMs. We're still debating whether to go in that direction with lume, but the good news is that it would mostly require tweaking the hooks to expose lume’s core to adopt the containerd standard. I’d love to hear your thoughts - would you find it useful to have a Docker-like interface for starting macOS workloads? Similarly to: https://github.com/qemus/qemu-docker
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Single-GPU-Passthrough-for-Dummies
Non-intimidating guide to create a KVM GPU Passthrough via libvirt/virt-manager on systems with only one GPU.
Project mention: We can no longer run Microsoft Store on 1809/LTSC 2019 | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-13Linux KVM. I recommend the following guide if you want an opinionated (positive) take on it: https://github.com/martinopiaggi/Single-GPU-Passthrough-for-...
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pop_OS-win10-KVM-setup
This is a repo that contains directions and the necessary files to create a working pop!_OS -> Windows 10 KVM that has GPU Passthrough, CPU Passthrough with proper pinning, Allocated ram, and PCIe passthrough with QEMU and Virt-Manager.
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libvirt-dist
Libvirt XML Files for Derivative Linux Distributions KVM - https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/KVM / https://www.whonix.org/wiki/KVM
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virt-manager-easy-installer
Script that simplifies the installation of the Virt-manager virtualization environment and GNS3
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Click this link to head other to the projects github page... https://github.com/RoyalHighgrass/QVM-Manager. Give QVM-Manager a try today and let us know what you think in the comments. Thank you for reading, and happy virtualising!
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libvirt-hooks
Install scripts (hooks) of which extend and enhance the functionality of Virtual Machines (VMs) on Linux. Hooks may run at either VM start or stop, and/or be VM-specific. Develop your own, too!
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Shell KVM discussion
Shell KVM related posts
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We can no longer run Microsoft Store on 1809/LTSC 2019
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Virtual DSM in a Docker Container
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How to run macOS on Linux (without too much hassle) [video]
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Can a USB external drive be mounted in Unraid and then used in Virtual DSM to copy files from there?
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Darling: Run macOS Software on Linux
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kroese/virtual-dsm: Virtual DSM in a docker container.
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Virtual Synology DSM in a Docker container
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Index
What are some of the best open-source KVM projects in Shell? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Docker-OSX | 50,410 |
| 2 | macOS-Simple-KVM | 13,739 |
| 3 | quickemu | 11,871 |
| 4 | virtual-dsm | 3,167 |
| 5 | qemu | 760 |
| 6 | kvm-install-vm | 333 |
| 7 | KVM-GPU-Passthrough | 323 |
| 8 | pikvm-board | 245 |
| 9 | LEDs-single-gpu-passthrough | 132 |
| 10 | macOS-KVM | 117 |
| 11 | kvm-qemu-virtualization-guide | 116 |
| 12 | Single-GPU-Passthrough-for-Dummies | 99 |
| 13 | pop_OS-win10-KVM-setup | 70 |
| 14 | quick-vm | 68 |
| 15 | DistroHopper | 50 |
| 16 | vfio | 32 |
| 17 | find | 31 |
| 18 | phyllomeos | 19 |
| 19 | libvirt-dist | 9 |
| 20 | virt-manager-easy-installer | 6 |
| 21 | QVM-Manager | 4 |
| 22 | libvirt-hooks | 3 |
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