The DigitalOcean team created their own Go packages, `go-qemu` and `go-libvirt`, to manage virtual machines on their Droplet product. These packages provide a simple interface for interacting with QEMU instances over the QMP protocol and libvirt's RPC protocol, respectively. The `go-qemu` package enables direct management of QEMU virtual machines using either the monitor socket or proxying through libvirt. In contrast, the `go-libvirt` package provides a pure Go interface to libvirt, exploiting the availability of the RPC protocol without relying on C bindings. This allows for simplified build pipelines and reduced dependency headaches. The packages are currently under active development and intended for production use, but their APIs should be treated as unstable until further notice.