smol-machines/smolvm

Branchable computing by using a portable, lightweight, self-contained virtual machine

DevOps & infrastructureRust#containers#crun#libkrun#microvm#rust

2.5 Breakout Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 20, 2026.

About the project

CLI tool for running portable, lightweight Linux microVMs with sub-second cold start on macOS, Linux and Windows, and packing a stateful VM into a single .smolmachine file.

Useful for

Run an ephemeral microVM to test a command or install in isolation from the host
Declare a reproducible VM with a Smolfile and share it as a checked-in config
Branch a warmed-up source VM into parallel copies for batch workloads

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

4 stars so far today, about 19 expected by the end of the day.
Over the last two days the pace is 2.5× that of the previous week and a half.
GitHub Trending Rust today: #14, +40 stars.
Recent forks include notable developers: @sgrove (491 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 6,153
Stars in a day: 19
Forks: 297
Issues and pull requests: 1,327
Watchers: 16
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: v1.16.2 · September 18, 2026
Created: December 18, 2025
Last push: September 20, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 20, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #14, +40 stars

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