libqcow (libYAL QEMU QCOW image library)

Library and tooling to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.

Read supported QCOW formats:
    version 1
    version 2 
    version 3 (as of version 20141201)                                    
Supported QCOW format features:
    compression
    encryption 
QCOW format features not supported at the moment:
    backing file-based snapshots
    in-image snapshots 
Work in progress:
    Python bindings
    Dokan library support 
    Thread-safety in file API functions
Planned:
    Python 3 support