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Ganeti vs libvirt: catalog facts
Ganeti	libvirt
Free Free and open source, supported through donations via SPI.	Free Free and released under open source licenses.
Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Built on established hypervisors such as Xen and KVM Designed for high availability on commodity servers	One management layer for many hypervisors Documented XML formats for domains, networks and storage
Aimed at clusters of about 3 to 100 nodes Requires Linux server administration skills	Mainly an API and daemon; a graphical manager is a separate program XML configuration takes time to learn
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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