KubeVirt
Shares rank 14 of 16 hypervisors by recommenders
Runs virtual machines on Kubernetes, with praise for live migration. Critics say it is no replacement for oVirt or VMware.
Runs virtual machines on Kubernetes, with praise for live migration. Critics say it is no replacement for oVirt or VMware.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works well as a Kubernetes citizen
“KubeVirt as a first class citizen (which already worked well)”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Sidero Labs (Talos Linux) Joins Yardi” “which already worked well”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Sidero Labs (Talos Linux) Joins Yardi” Live migration capabilities
“KubeVirt's live migration capabilities”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)” Appealing to Kubernetes admins
“Kubevirt sounds like a great idea to a k8s admin and an absolutely insane idea to a VM admin”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Sidero Labs (Talos Linux) Joins Yardi”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Seen as insane by VM admins
“Kubevirt sounds like a great idea to a k8s admin and an absolutely insane idea to a VM admin”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Sidero Labs (Talos Linux) Joins Yardi” Not a replacement for oVirt or VMware
“kubevirt is a cute joke, but hardly a replacement for ovirt or vmware”
Comment from 11 Jul 2026 in “Ditching Vagrant: VMs with KVM and Virsh on Debian” Less sense running Kubernetes with it
“running kubernetes with kubevirt on it makes less sense”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Kubernetes on Oxide: How Customer Needs Shaped Our Integrations”
Other hypervisors people recommend
The four most recommended other hypervisors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxmox VE | 208 | 60 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs16 owners | Approved |
| Incus | 90 | 8 | 92% | 12 | 6 mo5 owners | Approved |
| KVM | 32 | 9 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Hyper-V | 17 | 9 | 65% | 9 | — | — |
| KubeVirtThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Kubevirt sounds like a great idea to a k8s admin and an absolutely insane idea to a VM admin”
“which already worked well”
“KubeVirt as a first class citizen (which already worked well)”
“running kubernetes with kubevirt on it makes less sense”
“kubevirt is a cute joke, but hardly a replacement for ovirt or vmware”
“KubeVirt's live migration capabilities”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.