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KubeSwift, Kubernetes-Native VM Orchestration on Cloud Hypervisor

KubeSwift is an open-source project that provides Kubernetes-native VM orchestration using Cloud Hypervisor. It allows users to manage virtual machines directly through Kubernetes APIs and tooling, integrating VM workloads seamlessly into existing Kubernetes clusters.

Background

KubeSwift is a new open-source project that turns Kubernetes—a container orchestration system—into a platform for managing virtual machines (VMs) using the Cloud Hypervisor. This matters because many modern infrastructure stacks run both containers and VMs, but on separate tooling. KubeSwift lets a team use Kubernetes' existing declarative API, scheduling, and networking to spin up lightweight VMs, potentially simplifying multi-workload deployments. Cloud Hypervisor is a lightweight, security-focused VMM (virtual machine monitor) designed for cloud use, originally by Intel. The project is early-stage and Apache-licensed, aimed at developers already familiar with Kubernetes who want VM capabilities without adopting a separate orchestration tool like OpenStack or Proxmox.

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