[GH-ISSUE #426] Feature request: spice support #319

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opened 2026-02-27 16:38:51 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-02-27 16:38:51 +03:00

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Originally created by @kot1grun on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/retspen/webvirtmgr/issues/426

Hello!
It is common nowadays to use Spice protocol instead of VNC for connecting to guests. Especially if it's Windows guest. For example, I have this lines in XML guest domain definition file:

<graphics type='spice' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0'>
      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
</graphics>
<video>
      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' heads='1'/>
</video>

So, I want to use Spice for console access as it has several speed advantages.

Spice project has html5 client, similar to noVNC:
http://www.spice-space.org/page/Html5
It's actively developed.

Also, it is used in oVirt:
http://www.ovirt.org/Features/SpiceHTML5

IMO, it's not so hard to integrate spice-html5 client into webvirtmgr.

Originally created by @kot1grun on GitHub (Sep 10, 2014). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/retspen/webvirtmgr/issues/426 Hello! It is common nowadays to use Spice protocol instead of VNC for connecting to guests. Especially if it's Windows guest. For example, I have this lines in XML guest domain definition file: ``` xml <graphics type='spice' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> </graphics> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' heads='1'/> </video> ``` So, I want to use Spice for console access as it has several speed advantages. Spice project has html5 client, similar to noVNC: http://www.spice-space.org/page/Html5 It's actively developed. Also, it is used in oVirt: http://www.ovirt.org/Features/SpiceHTML5 IMO, it's not so hard to integrate spice-html5 client into webvirtmgr.

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2026-02-27 16:38:52 +03:00

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@MACscr commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2014):

It might be actively developed, but its performance (the html5 client) is quite poor. I wouldnt recommend it. Especially since most people want it in order to use a some native client for their OS, which I am completely against having solution that requires a user install an app for it to work.

@MACscr commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2014): It might be actively developed, but its performance (the html5 client) is quite poor. I wouldnt recommend it. Especially since most people want it in order to use a some native client for their OS, which I am completely against having solution that requires a user install an app for it to work.