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Cloud Hypervisor

A Virtual Machine Monitor for modern Cloud workloads. Features include CPU, memory and device hotplug, support for running Windows and Linux guests, device offload with vhost-user and a minimal compact footprint. Written in Rust with a strong focus on security.

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FirecrackerPartial37kApache-2.0Open sourceYesRustv1.17.02026-10-16

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Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.

KVM-based microVM monitor with minimal devices and fast boot, without hotplug.

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Rust
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
37k
Latest
v1.17.0
Last push
2026-10-16

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