1# Virtual Machine Manager 2 3`virt-manager` is a graphical tool for managing virtual machines 4via [libvirt](https://libvirt.org). Most usage is with QEMU/KVM 5virtual machines, but Xen and libvirt LXC containers are well 6supported. Common operations for any libvirt driver should work. 7 8Several command line tools are also provided: 9 10 - `virt-install`: Create new libvirt virtual machines 11 - `virt-clone`: Duplicate existing libvirt virtual machines 12 - `virt-xml`: Edit existing libvirt virtual machines/manipulate libvirt XML 13 14For dependency info and installation instructions, see the 15[INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file. If you just want to quickly test the 16code from a git checkout, you can launch any of the commands like: 17 18```sh 19./virt-manager --debug ... 20``` 21 22## Contact 23 24 - All comments / suggestions / patches should be directed to the 25 [virt-tools-list](https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list) 26 mailing list. 27 - For IRC we use #virt on OFTC. 28 - For bug reporting info, see 29 [virt-manager bug reporting](https://virt-manager.org/bugs). 30 - There are further project details on the 31 [virt-manager](https://virt-manager.org/) website. 32 - See the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file for info about submitting patches or 33 contributing translations. 34