libvirt

I Use This!

Very High Activity

Analyzed about 13 hours ago. based on code collected about 14 hours ago.

Project Summary

Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but since ported to other virtualization technologies, QEmu and KVM.

In a Nutshell, libvirt...

...
has had 54,448 commits made by 1,039 contributors
representing 1,062,268 lines of code
...
is mostly written in C
with an average number of source code comments
...
has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
with stable Y-O-Y commits
...
took an estimated 291 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in November, 2005
ending with its most recent commit 9 days ago

Quick Reference

Project Links:

Homepage
Download
Mailing Lists ( 2 Links )

Code Locations:

https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvi...

Similar Projects:

Managers:

Daniel Veillard

Licenses

MIT

Permitted

Commercial Use

Modify

Distribute

Place Warranty

Use Patent Claims

Forbidden

Sub-License

Hold Liable

Required

Distribute Original

Disclose Source

Include Copyright

State Changes

Include License

Include Install Instructions

These details are provided for information only. No information here is legal advice and should not be used as such.

All Licenses

Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

Project Vulnerability Report

Security Confidence Index

Poor security track-record

Favorable security track-record

Vulnerability Exposure Index

Many reported vulnerabilities

Few reported vulnerabilities

About Project Vulnerability Report

Did You Know...

...
nearly 1 in 3 companies have no process for identifying, tracking, or remediating known open source vulnerabilities
...
search using multiple tags to find exactly what you need
...
there are over 3,000 projects on the Open Hub with security vulnerabilities reported against them
...
learn about Open Hub updates and features on the Open Hub blog