crun-vm - OCI Runtime that enables Podman, Docker, and Kubernetes to run QEMU-compatible Virtual Machine (VM) images. Run VMs as easily as you run containers. Manage containers and VMs together using the same standard tooling.
kvmcli - tool for managing KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) virtual machines. Inspired by Kubernetes’ kubectl, kvmcli provides a declarative way to create, delete, and manage VMs using YAML configuration files.
Lima VM - Lima launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding (similar to WSL2).
Vagrant - Vagrant is the command line utility for managing the lifecycle of virtual machines. Isolate dependencies and their configuration within a single disposable and consistent environment.
bootc - Transactional, in-place operating system updates using OCI/Docker container images. The project applies the "Docker container model using layers" for bootable host systems - using standard OCI/Docker containers as a transport and delivery format for base operating system updates.
d2vm - Build Virtual Machine Image from Dockerfile or Docker image
OSBuild - Image Builder - Building operating system artifacts.
Packer - tool that lets you create identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source template. Packer can create golden images to use in image pipelines.
cloud-init - industry standard multi-distribution method for cross-platform cloud instance initialization. It is supported across all major public cloud providers, provisioning systems for private cloud infrastructure, and bare-metal installations.
Kickstart - installation method used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and related distributions to automatically perform unattended OS installation and configuration.
subiquity - Subiquity is an installer framework for Ubuntu. It provides the Ubuntu Server with a text-based installation user interface and Ubuntu Core first-boot configuration. Subiquity is also the back end for the Ubuntu Desktop installer.
containerlab - CLI for orchestrating and managing container-based networking labs. It starts the containers, builds a virtual wiring between them to create lab topologies of users choice and manages labs lifecycle.
netlab - bringing infrastructure-as-code concepts to networking labs. You'll describe your high-level network topology and routing design in a YAML file, and the tools in this repository will ...