# The virtualization API

## Introduction

The libvirt project:

- is a toolkit to manage virtualization platforms
- is accessible from C, Python, Perl, Java and more
- is licensed under open source licenses
- supports KVM, QEMU, Xen, Virtuozzo, VMWare ESX, LXC, BHyve and more
- targets Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and OS-X
- is used by many applications

Recent / forthcoming release changes

## Quick Links

New contributors
  Get involved in the libvirt community & student outreach programs
Security vulnerabilities
  View security notices and report vulnerabilities to the libvirt security response team
Bug reporting
  View and report bugs in libvirt packages
XML configuration
  Description of the XML schemas for domains, networks, network filtering, storage, storage encryption, capabilities, domain capabilities, storage pool capabilities, node devices, secrets, snapshots, checkpoints, backup jobs
Wiki
  Read further community contributed content

## Blog Planet

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