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nemu

Ncurses-based TUI for QEMU virtual machine management

TLDR

Launch the VM manager
$ nemu
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SYNOPSIS

nemu [options]

DESCRIPTION

nemu is an ncurses-based TUI for managing QEMU virtual machines from the terminal. It provides VM creation, configuration, status monitoring, CPU usage tracking, and connectivity via VNC or SPICE, all without requiring a graphical desktop environment.
Features include support for qcow2 and raw disk image formats, configurable refresh timeouts, and VM preview using the Kitty graphics protocol in supported terminals.

CAVEATS

Requires QEMU to be installed. Some features like VM preview require a terminal with Kitty graphics protocol support.

HISTORY

nemu is developed by the nemuTUI project and is written in C.

SEE ALSO

qemu(1), virsh(1), virt-manager(1)

> TERMINAL_GEAR

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