VirtUI Manager

TUI for managing QEMU/KVM VMs via libvirt. Built with Python Textual.

Install

pip3 install virtui-manager

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/aginies/virtui-manager.git
cd virtui-manager/src/vmanager
python3 virtui_dev.py

Features

• List VMs across local/remote libvirt servers
• Start, stop, pause, resume VMs
• VM configuration (CPU, memory, storage, network)
• Snapshots and disk overlays
• Bulk operations with regex patterns
• VM cloning
• Migration between servers
• VM provisioning (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE/SLES)
• Remote viewer (VNC/SPICE) with USB redirection
• Web console (noVNC via websockify)
• CLI tool (vmanager_cmd) for automation
• Command pipelines
• Backup management
• No X11 required, works over SSH

Quick Start

1. Connect to a libvirt server: virtui-manager
2. Select a VM and use the Actions menu to start, configure, or migrate
3. Press b for bulk operations across multiple VMs
4. Use vmanager_cmd for CLI automation

CLI Example

$ vmanager_cmd
> connect localhost
(localhost) > list_vms
> select re:web-.* | start

Comparison