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firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.

Stack

Rust pytest Cargo PEP 517 Poetry

GitHub topics

#containers #minimalist #open-source #oversubscription #rust #sandbox

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-10-23
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 94 open

37,266

stars

Forks: 2,664
Commits: 8,448 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

canonical/multipass

Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances

Stack

C++ Flutter pytest Qt Shelf Cargo CMake CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#cloud #container #hyper-v #linux #macos #qemu

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-12-01
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 422 open

9,247

stars

Forks: 829
Commits: 17,199 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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kata-containers/kata-containers

Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https://katacontainers.io/

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum gRPC Go Cargo Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#containers #cri #cri-o #docker #firecracker #k8s

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-18
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,186 open

8,801

stars

Forks: 1,481
Commits: 20,554 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

CalebFenton/simplify

Android virtual machine and deobfuscator

Stack

Java Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #android-malware #dalvik #deobfuscation #deobfuscator #emulator

Updated: 2022-04-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-27
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 33 open

4,671

stars

Forks: 458
Commits: 915 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bostrot/wslmanager

GUI for the Windows Subsystem for Linux — and native Linux/macOS VMs on Mac. Install, back up, move and configure distros without CLI flags; AI assistant with tools, MCP server for agents, remote WSL over SSH.

AI dev

Stack

Dart Flutter Shelf CMake CocoaPods Dart Pub

GitHub topics

#ai #developer-tools #docker #flutter #gui #llm

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-17
History: 21 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

4,031

stars

Forks: 180
Commits: 1,241 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +3 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ChefKissInc/Inferno

Apple Silicon device emulator.

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#apple #apple-silicon #emulation #emulator #ios #iphone

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-18
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 36 open

3,962

stars

Forks: 329
Commits: 125,695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

a0rtega/pafish

Pafish is a testing tool that uses different techniques to detect virtual machines and malware analysis environments in the same way that malware families do

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Stack

GitHub topics

#analysis-environments #malware #malware-analysis #malware-families #malware-research #rdtsc

Updated: 2024-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-01
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

3,940

stars

Forks: 498
Commits: 193 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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rubinius/rubinius

The Rubinius Language Platform

Stack

C Bundler

GitHub topics

#programming-languages #rubinius #virtual-machine

Updated: 2025-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-07-12
History: 6 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 19 open

3,094

stars

Forks: 587
Commits: 25,813 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apache/cloudstack

Apache CloudStack is an opensource Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform

AI dev

Stack

Java Vue Maven npm pip

GitHub topics

#cloud #cloudstack #iaas #infrastructure #java #kubernetes

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-11
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,023 open

3,054

stars

Forks: 1,383
Commits: 39,110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zerobootdev/zeroboot

Sub-millisecond VM sandboxes for AI agents via copy-on-write forking

Stack

Rust Axum Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#ai-agents #code-execution #copy-on-write #firecracker #kvm #rust

Updated: 2026-03-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-03-15
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 12 open

2,464

stars

Forks: 111
Commits: 24 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OpenNebula/one

The open source Cloud & Edge Computing Platform bringing real freedom to your Enterprise Cloud 🚀

Stack

JavaScript Express gRPC Go React Sinatra Bundler Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#cloud #kvm #lxc #open-source #opennebula #orchestration

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-06-17
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 757 open

1,757

stars

Forks: 537
Commits: 22,293 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

fubark/cyber

Fast and concurrent scripting.

Stack

Zig npm

GitHub topics

#apps #embedded #gamedev #scripting #virtual-machine #wasm

Updated: 2025-12-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-10-31
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

1,521

stars

Forks: 61
Commits: 1,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

stanford-mast/blast

Open-source VMs-as-a-service

Stack

Rust Axum Next.js React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#sandbox #service #virtual-machine

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-26
History: 58 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

805

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 167 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

BigAnteater/KVM-GPU-Passthrough

This is a simple, mostly automated guide to pass a GPU through to a VM.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#gpu-pass-through #gpu-passthrough #kvm #virt-manager #virtual-machine #vm

Updated: 2024-01-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-02
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 24 open

328

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 31 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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dmaivel/covirt

An x86-64 code virtualizer for VM based obfuscation

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#code-virtualizer #compiler #mba #mixed-boolean-arithmetic #obfuscation #obfuscator

Updated: 2024-12-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-12-02
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

270

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 5 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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keep-starknet-strange/ziggy-starkdust

⚡ Cairo VM in Zig ⚡

Stack

Zig pip

GitHub topics

#cairo #starknet #virtual-machine #zig #zig-lang

Updated: 2024-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-26
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 352 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bytestrix/InfraCanvas

Live Docker & Kubernetes infrastructure visualization - containers, pods, volumes, and networks in one visual map. No VPN, no inbound ports.

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Next.js React Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #devops #devops-platform #devops-tools #docker #golang

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-04-17
History: 1 history point
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 7 open

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 172 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

danirod/chip8

A multiplatform CHIP-8 emulator done in SDL 2. Implements all the opcodes for CHIP and SCHIP specifications.

Stack

GitHub topics

#autoconf #autotools #c #chip8 #emulator #libcheck

Updated: 2022-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-28
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 156 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cryptuon/zig-evm

High-performance EVM in Zig with wave-based parallel transaction execution (5-6x speedup).

AI dev

Stack

Zig Cargo npm pip

GitHub topics

#blockchain #cryptuon #embeddable #ethereum #evm #high-performance

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-08-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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