smolvm 1.9.0: branchable, sub-second VMs go production-ready (5.6k stars)
yawnxyz · x · 2026-08-21
Open-source smolvm v1.9.0 makes 'branchable compute' production-ready. A demo shows a smol VM being forked many times with a browser + agent workload inside.
It's a portable, lightweight, self-contained Linux VM CLI built around isolation + speed: sub-second cold start, cross-platform (macOS/Linux/Windows), elastic memory—aimed at giving agents isolated execution by default. 5.6k GitHub stars.
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