# KubeVirt

5 Hacker News commenters recommended KubeVirt and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Runs virtual machines on Kubernetes, with praise for live migration. Critics say it is no replacement for oVirt or VMware.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well as a Kubernetes citizen (2 comments): "KubeVirt as a first class citizen (which already worked well)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49699205)) "which already worked well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700113))
- Live migration capabilities (1 comments): "KubeVirt's live migration capabilities" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47307406))
- Appealing to Kubernetes admins (1 comments): "Kubevirt sounds like a great idea to a k8s admin and an absolutely insane idea to a VM admin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49707796))

## What people warn about

- Seen as insane by VM admins (1 comments): "Kubevirt sounds like a great idea to a k8s admin and an absolutely insane idea to a VM admin" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49707796))
- Not a replacement for oVirt or VMware (1 comments): "kubevirt is a cute joke, but hardly a replacement for ovirt or vmware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48870700))
- Less sense running Kubernetes with it (1 comments): "running kubernetes with kubevirt on it makes less sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290495))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Proxmox VE](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-ve.md): 208 recommend
- [Incus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/incus.md): 90 recommend
- [KVM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kvm.md): 32 recommend
- [bhyve hypervisor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bhyve.md): 17 recommend
- [Sylve](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sylve.md): 17 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "KubeVirt", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kubevirt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).