macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install libvirtlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install libvirtMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/libvirt/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add libvirtAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libvirt · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install libvirtFedora Rawhide package metadata · libvirt · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libvirtnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S libvirtArch Linux sync databases · libvirt · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install libvirtopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libvirt · 来源: download.opensuse.org
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install libnss-libvirtDebian stable package indexes · libnss-libvirt · 来源: deb.debian.org
概览
软件包摘要
C virtualization API
项目链接
命令和别名
- libvirtd
- virsh
- virt-admin
- virt-host-validate
- virt-login-shell
- virt-pki-query-dn
- virt-pki-validate
- virt-qemu-qmp-proxy
- virt-qemu-run
- virt-qemu-sev-validate
- virt-ssh-helper
- virt-xml-validate
- virtchd
- virtlockd
- virtlogd
- virtlxcd
- virtnetworkd
- virtnwfilterd
- virtproxyd
- virtqemud
- virtsecretd
- virtstoraged
- virtvboxd
历史
项目历史与用法
libvirt is the long-lived virtualization management API and daemon stack that gives tools a common way to manage domains, networks, storage, and host resources across hypervisors.
项目历史
The project was created to provide a common and stable layer for managing virtualized domains on local or remote nodes. Its own goals page emphasizes API stability, secure remote management, resource enumeration, and the ability to insulate applications from frequent changes in lower-level virtualization frameworks.
libvirt became especially important as Linux virtualization consolidated around QEMU and KVM while still needing to interoperate with Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, and other backends. The project website describes a portable C API, stateful host daemons for some hypervisors, and language bindings layered on top of the core API.
采用历史
The adoption story is unusually broad for a system library. The official applications page lists command-line tools, desktop applications, provisioning tools, monitoring systems, web applications, configuration-management integrations, backup tools, and infrastructure-as-a-service stacks using the libvirt API.
For package managers, libvirt is not just a library dependency; it is an ecosystem root. Installing it can bring daemons such as libvirtd or modular virt* daemons, virsh, validation tools, NSS integration packages, storage and network drivers, language bindings, and downstream tools such as virt-manager, virt-install, Vagrant providers, and cloud or CI integrations.
使用方式
Administrators commonly use virsh and libvirt daemons to define, start, stop, migrate, inspect, and automate virtual machines and container-like domains. Application developers use the API and bindings to build higher-level management tools while avoiding direct hypervisor-specific control protocols.
On developer workstations it is often the package behind local KVM/QEMU workflows; on servers it is the control plane layer used by provisioning, monitoring, and orchestration software that needs stable VM lifecycle operations.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
libvirt is package-nerd famous because it sits at the junction of init systems, daemon socket activation, TLS and PKI material, kernel capabilities, QEMU/KVM feature flags, storage pools, virtual networking, and language bindings. It is the sort of dependency whose packaging details define whether virtualization feels boring or impossible.
It also illustrates why stable C APIs matter in infrastructure: a large ecosystem of frontends can keep working while hypervisors, host operating systems, and security models change underneath.
时间线
- 2005: Early libvirt releases began the public release history recorded by the project news archive.
- 2012: The 1.0 series marked libvirt as a mature cross-hypervisor management layer.
- 2021-01-15: libvirt 7.0.0 release notes recorded a formal handover of release tarball signing.
- 2026-07-01: The project website listed support for QEMU/KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, macOS Hypervisor.framework, and other drivers.
Related projects
- QEMU and KVM are among the most common backends managed through libvirt.
- Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware ESX/vCenter, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Virtuozzo, and POWER Hypervisor are supported or related virtualization targets.
- virt-manager, virt-install, guestfish, vagrant-libvirt, and many monitoring and provisioning tools sit above the libvirt API.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.
风险分类器
orange 风险 · 中 置信度 · infrastructure
原因
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
信号
- metadata:service
- text:network,ssh
- text:shell
- text:virtualization
安装行为
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- formula 元数据声明了服务或守护进程块。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 6 个平台目标。
- 安装时包含 8 个运行时依赖。
- 构建元数据列出 5 个构建依赖。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/libvirt.conf
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem/etc/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem/etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
libvirtd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virsh | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-admin | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-host-validate | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-login-shell | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-pki-query-dn | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-pki-validate | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-qemu-qmp-proxy | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-qemu-run | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-qemu-sev-validate | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-ssh-helper | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virt-xml-validate | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtchd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtlockd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtlogd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtlxcd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtnetworkd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtnwfilterd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtproxyd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtqemud | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtsecretd | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtstoraged | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
virtvboxd | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-07-10
管理器版本12.5.0
管理器更新时间2026-07-09
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://libvirt.org/none 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:libvirt |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 12.5.0 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libvirt |
| 主页 | https://libvirt.org/ |
| 仓库 | https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt |
| 上游文档 | https://libvirt.org/docs |
| 许可证 | LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later |
| 源码归档 | https://download.libvirt.org/libvirt-12.5.0.tar.xz |
| 最后更新 | 2026-07-09T23:27:37Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| 依赖 | cyrus-sasl, gettext, glib, gnutls, json-c, libiscsi, libssh2, readline |
| 构建依赖 | docutils, gettext, meson, ninja, pkgconf |
| macOS 提供的库 | curl, libxml2 |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | declared |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libvirt |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
libnss-libvirt 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization library - NSS plugins
sudo apt install libnss-libvirt- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 4 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-clients 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization library - clients
sudo apt install libvirt-clients- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 10 依赖
- 3 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-clients-qemu 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization library - clients (QEMU specific)
sudo apt install libvirt-clients-qemu- Section: admin
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: libvirt
- 6 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-common 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization library - common files
sudo apt install libvirt-common- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon
https://libvirt.org/daemons.html#monolithic-driver-daemon
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 10 依赖
- 22 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-common 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - common files
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-common- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 13 依赖
- 4 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-config-network 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - configuration files (default network)
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-config-network- Section: admin
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: libvirt
- 3 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - configuration files (default network filters)
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter- Section: admin
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: libvirt
- 3 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - interface driver
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 7 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - LXC connection driver
https://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 14 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-network 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - network driver
https://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-network- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 9 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - node device (nodedev) driver
https://libvirt.org/drvnodedev.html
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 9 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - network filter (nwfilter) driver
https://libvirt.org/formatnwfilter.html
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 8 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - QEMU connection driver
https://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 17 依赖
- 4 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-secret 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - secret driver
https://libvirt.org/drvsecret.html
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 6 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
Debian apt95%
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
virtualization daemon - storage driver
https://libvirt.org/storage.html
sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libvirt
- 11 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Libvirt
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