# Xen Orchestra

> Xen Orchestra (XO) is the open source, agentless web interface for managing, backing up and automating XCP-ng (and Xen-based) virtualization. One app for the whole stack: VM and infrastructure management, backup and disaster recovery, access control, and a REST API/CLI for automation. Built and maintained by Vates, licensed AGPL-3.0.

## Product
- [Install Xen Orchestra](https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/getting-started/installation): via the XOA appliance, a bash script, XO Lite (built into XCP-ng), or from source
- [XO Lite](https://docs.vates.tech/products/add-ons/xo-lite): the lightweight UI already running on every XCP-ng 8.3+ host, nothing to install
- [Backup & disaster recovery](https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/backup): full, incremental and mirror backups, replication, immutable storage, health checks that boot every restore
- [REST API, CLI & automation](https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/xo5/restapi): xo-cli, Terraform/Ansible/Packer providers, and an MCP server for AI assistants
- [Releases & changelog](https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/tag/release/): shipped monthly

## Documentation
- [Full documentation](https://docs.xen-orchestra.com)
- [Source code (GitHub)](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra)
- [Contributing guide](https://docs.xen-orchestra.com/contributing)

## Community
- [Forum](https://xcp-ng.org/forum/category/12/xen-orchestra): XCP-ng.org, Xen Orchestra category
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/aNCR3yPaPn)
- [Blog](https://xen-orchestra.com/blog)

## Company
- [Vates](https://vates.tech/en/): the company building Xen Orchestra and XCP-ng
- [VATES VMS](https://vates.tech/en/virtualization-management-stack/): Xen Orchestra + XCP-ng bundled with 24/7 support
- [Free trial](https://vates.tech/en/trial/)

## Optional
- [XCP-ng](https://xcp-ng.org): the free, open source Xen-based hypervisor that Xen Orchestra manages