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

Healthy (70)

Total contributors

2,108

+2% vs. previous year

Total contributing organizations

534

+2% vs. previous year

GitHub Stars

1,179

-5% vs. previous year

GitHub Forks

874

+65% vs. previous year

Software Value

$3,674.1M

First commit

April 27, 2016

KubeVirt case studies

NTT Docomo Business

NTT Docomo Business


July 29, 2026

Beyond the DC Walls: How NTT Docomo Business United 8 Data Centers Across 2,000 km into One GPU Cluster with KubeVirt

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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 6,753 views
Fast packet processing with KubeVirt

Fast packet processing with KubeVirt

Presented by: Red Hat
June 23, 2020 1,043 views