The Xen® hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization, offers a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set for virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM, and other CPU architectures. It supports a wide range of guest operating systems including Windows®, Linux®, Solaris®, and various versions of the BSD operating systems. What is Xen? - Why Xen?

The history of the Xen.org community and Xen hypervisor project is available on the Xen history page. If you are new to the Xen.org community or interested in understanding how to interact with the community, please read the New to Xen Guide.

Xen Community Deliverables

• Xen Hypervisor - Leading open source hypervisor for servers Learn More
• XCI - Xen hypervisor for client devices Learn More
• Xen Cloud Platform - Enteprise cloud solution stack for virtualization Learn More
• Xen.org Projects
• HXEN - Xen running as a Type 2 hypervisor Learn More
• Xen ARM - Port of Xen hypervisor to ARM processor Learn More
• Project Satori - Support for paravirtualized Xen Linux guests running on Hyper-V Learn More

The Xen.org community also supports a variety of solutions built for and around the Xen Hypervisor. Click here for a list of those projects.

Xen Community Events

• Xen User Group LA Meeting: July 30, 2010
• Xen Summit Asia 2010: Nov 3 - 4 in Seoul, Koera
• Xen Directions South America: August 31 - September 1, 2010 in San Paulo, Brazil
• Poslovna Linux Konferenca - Sept 27-28, 2010 in Portoroz, Slovenia
  • George Dunlap, "Xen: Open Source and the Virtualization Revolution"
• Xen Summit North America 2010: April 28-29 in Sunnyvale, CA

Product Releases

• Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 Download
• XCI 1.0 Download
• Xen Cloud Platform 0.5 Download
• Community Projects
• HXEN 1.0 Download
• Xen ARM Download
• Project Satori Download

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Thoughts on Xen - Xen is easily the most popular open source platform for Virtualization research. And a major portion of Xen's popularity could be attributed to the efforts of smart, focused, and helpful Xen developer community. Nonetheless, the thriving Xen community is also a testimony of how great Xen technology itself is.