Hi RTM
the thing is Kimchi is just a GUI for KVM nothing more, nothing less.
projects like oVirt, Proxmox are much more than a simple GUI so they have/need more dependencies and support.
my issue with oVirt is very much the same as with VMware too high entry costs and free setup is overly complicated, although vmware got a lot better in the last 6 years compared to oVirt
here is laydown for me:
I started to look for a good free hypervisor setup to use on my home server about 6-7 years ago.
I have tried bunch of things with no avail. I am not a PRO in Linux, I also hate command line. so my requirements were and still are
#1. a nice GUI, preferably WebGUI to be run on the main host itself.
#2. a Free option or a pay once option. not subscription based.
#3. at some time I want to use BTRFS for my data store so a BTRFS support was essential.
right now I am ok with ZFS so that makes it easier.
#4. in addition to #3 I need to use local storage. I only have one server, so it needs to be a virtualization server AND a File server.
I do not want to virtualize my data store. ( as in , create VM for file server and use virtual disks files to store my data. I want my data to be accessible by actual hardware disks. so I can pull the disk(s) out of my server and access my data on other machine if need be. )
so , at the time, VMware ESXi was no an option as free setup was limited and did not have a good webui. you needed a separate workstation to run the management console. also no support for BTRFS natively. in fact no support for ZFS either. no support for local storage in the way I want it to use it.
Xen/XenServer is in the same boat as vmware.
don't get me wrong they are both good systems just not working for me.
oVirt ?!?!? well I have tried to set it up numerous time. none had worked. every time, the setup would crush at one point or another and that would be it. in-fact I had tried the new version last night. a no-go. I need a hosted engine setup because I have only one server. and it would no install at all.
now Proxmox works. even the free version. it works, it gives me what I need and what I want for the most part.
is it perfect?
No.
but it works.