Firecracker

Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.

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Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Cloud Hypervisor	Partial	6.4k	None detected	Open source	Yes	Rust	v54.0	2026-10-17

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Cloud Hypervisor Partial

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.

KVM-based virtual machine monitor in Rust that adds device hotplug and Windows guests.

Language: Rust
Licence: None detected
Stars: 6.4k
Latest: v54.0
Last push: 2026-10-17

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Language: Rust
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 37k
Last push: 2026-10-16

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